Rwanda Plan Cost and Asylum System Debate

09 Jan 2024

The Conservative Government refuses to come clean on how much money they’re wasting on the unaffordable & unworkable Rwanda plan. The Prime Minister had serious doubts as Chancellor, & admitted it won’t work as a deterrent. We need Labour’s plan to redirect money into smashing the smuggler gangs. I pay…

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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Debate

12 Dec 2023

The Prime Minister limps on, but the Conservative Party is now a rabble – an alphabet soup of factions and cabals. The Prime Minister invited one faction for breakfast today. But he wasn’t at the table… he was on the menu. Our country cannot afford this chaos. We need a…

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Illegal Migration: Small Boats Debate

27 Nov 2023

The Immigration Minister is at loggerheads with the Home Secretary, contradicting him on Rwanda policy and how to manage record migration. He has gone rogue and is said to be on resignation watch. They must stop bickering and introduce Labour’s plan to end the Tory boats chaos.

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Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023 Committee

27 Nov 2023

I spoke in the committee for the Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023 bill. View my full speech above.

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Draft Immigration (Age Assessments) Regulations 2023 Committee

20 Nov 2023

See above my speech during the Draft Immigration (Age Assessments) Regulations 2023 Committee.

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Bibby Stockholm is a Symbol of Tory Failure

18 Sep 2023

The Bibby Stockholm barge is a floating symbol of Tory failure, costing £500k p/m to house 0 asylum seekers. The Home Secretary doesn’t know when it will be safe to use. The only boat she has managed to stop is her own. Labour will clear the backlog to end hotel,…

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Record Small Boat Channel Crossings

06 Sep 2023

Saturday saw the record number of small boats crossers this year, at 870 people. In August we were treated to Small Boats Week, which featured a disaster a day and an empty floating barge of failure. The Imigration Minister should come back to te Chamber when he actually has something…

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Tory ‘Small Boats Week’ has been a Catalogue of Chaos

11 Aug 2023

Tory ‘Small Boats Week’ has been a Catalogue of Chaos: – 1,100 asylum-seekers have crossed the Channel since Monday – 10,000 more in hotels since December – Drone crashed in the Channel – Bibby Stockholm evacuated due to legionella bacteria Ministers should hang their heads in shame.

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Evictions of Afghan Refugees

09 Aug 2023

The Tory UK Government has issued eviction notices to loyal-to-Britain Afghans, meaning hundreds of families could face homelessness. The Government’s Operation Warm Welcome has fast become Operation Cold Shoulder. Last week I wrote to the Immigration Minister with some important Questions, which you can see in my letter below. Read…

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Labour’s Immigration Plan

07 Aug 2023

The illegal migration bill has now gained royal assent. Make no mistake, it is a con. The Labour Party is clear that the dangerous Channel crossings must stop and unsuitable asylum hotel use needs to end. But this new Tory legislation will achieve none of that. It is a reflection of…

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Tories Cooking the Books on Asylum Figures

06 Aug 2023

REVEALED: The Tories are cooking the books. They claim to be clearing 170,000 backlog, but are actually marking claims as ‘withdrawn’ – with these asylum seekers staying in UK indefinitely. Actual decisions are down 18%. Labour will fast-track ‘safe country’ decisions and removals. Channel migrant numbers top 15,000 as government cracks…

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Response to Illegal Migration Bill

17 Jul 2023

The Labour Party MPs & Peers did our best to minimise the worst impacts of the unworkable & damaging ‘Bigger Backlog Bill’, but Tory ministers were too arrogant to listen. Its fundamental flaws will be exposed through its implementation, and British tax-payers will pay the price. We need this shower…

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Home Office Admits Asylum Plans in Doubt – BBC

16 Jun 2023

The BBC covered the Home Office plans for asylum and some of my comments on them. The Home Office quote near the end of this piece is untrue. The Illegal Migration Bill (Bigger Backlog Bill) prevents the UK Government from returning small boat asylum seekers to their home country because…

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The Cost of Asylum Hotels on Good Morning Britain

09 Jun 2023

Labour’s plans to end the small boat crossings, end hotel use and fix the broken asylum system are fully costed and provides value for money. Since he became Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spent £1.5bn on emergency asylum hotels. That’s the difference.

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Asylum Backlog & Small Boats on Channel 4

06 Jun 2023

I spoke to Channel 4 about the ballooning asylum backlog and the fact the Tories have processed one per cent of the people that came on small boats last year. See the full clip above.

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Labour Will End Unfair Foreign Worker Discounts

26 May 2023

“We are crystal clear as to why employers are looking abroad for workers – because for 13 years the Conservatives have failed to train up Britain’s home-grown talent and failed to get millions of people off NHS waiting lists.” Read my full article for The Telegraph below: Labour would scrap…

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Immigration Figures on Sky News

25 May 2023

I today spoke on Sky News about immigration figures being at a record high. See my interview above.

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Labour’s Immigration Policy on LBC Radio

25 May 2023

I spoke to Nick Ferrari on LBC Radio about how the Conservatives have been chasing headlines and running government by gimmick for the last 13 years. I also outlined Labour’s plans for immigration and to tackle the small boats issue with common sense, diplomacy and hard graft. Listen to the…

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Home Office Oral Questions

22 May 2023

I asked the Home Secretary and Immigration Minister a question at Home Office Orals on net migration and training up our workforce. Watch my full question above.

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BBC Newsnight Asylum & the Backlog

15 May 2023

I spoke on BBC Newsnight about asylum claims and how shocking it is that Suella Braverman as Home Secretary criticises her own Government’s policy.

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The Tories Misleading Asylum Data

13 May 2023

It is staggering that the Prime Minister and Immigration Minister are refusing to correct the public record on their misleading asylum statistics, despite the Stats Regulator, the UK Statistic Authority rebuking their misuse of discredited asylum data. I’ve asked the Procedure Committee to look into it. Read the full piece…

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