Taken from an article on BBC web this morning:
Mr Green denied that discussions had taken place between airports owner BAA, the airlines and the government, over whether higher landing fees should be introduced to fund extra border force staff.
The Financial Times claims that the Prime Minister David Cameron would support such a move.
Mr Walsh stated that in the past, the airlines offered to pay for more people, but the move was rejected by the government.
Very interesting.
Also, from:
Rain blamed for latest chaos in Heathrow queues - Home News - UK - The Independent
Analysis by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals that the iris recognition immigration system, which scans the unique patterns of travellers' eyes to confirm their identities, has cost just over £9m – but has only been used 4.7 million times, at a cost of £2 per passenger scanned.