Separate fast-track passport lanes for people from "old Commonwealth" countries, such as Australia and Canada, are to be introduced at Heathrow after the Olympics, the immigration minister has disclosed.

Damian Green has told MPs a short pilot scheme has been carried out using separate passport desks for those from five "low-risk countries" from outside Europe who do not need a visa to enter Britain.

Tourists and visitors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US and Japan are to be given the chance of avoiding the lengthy queues at Heathrow faced by passengers with passports from other non-European countries...