Lee Anderson tears into Keir Starmer over illegal migration โ โdeport | Politics | News
The Reform UK MP clashed with the Labour leader over the issue at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday in the Commons.
Mr Anderson spoke about a situation in his Ashfield constituency where four illegal migrants were put in a house of multiple occupancy.
“One of these illegal migrants was a Pakistani national,” he added. “He went on to rape a young girl, a vulnerable young girl, on a park in Ashfield. Heโs now doing 14 years in prison.
โThis was a monster allowed into this country by this awful Government. But if the Prime Minister is really serious about protecting young women and girls, does he agree with me and Reform UK that every single illegal migrant coming to this country should be detained, not allowed to claim asylum, and then deported?โ
Sir Keir responded by suggesting he was โvery proudโ of bringing net migration down by 82% on the previous government.
He added: โNow asylum decisions are made at record levels, the backlog is down, removals are up 41%, and weโre closing asylum hotels. They lost control of our borders, now small boat crossings are coming down, and we deported 70,000 people with no right to be here.โ
The outgoing Prime Minister added: โHe likes to ask questions. He should be asking some questions of the leader of his party sitting next to him. He received ยฃ5billion from a crypto billionaire and then privately lobbied the Bank of England on digital currencies.
โSo did their leader carry out lobbying, paid, why did he keep his ยฃ5billion gift secret, and are they happy with their leader earning ยฃ20,000 an hour flogging gold bullion? They need to ask questions across their benches, but they never do.โ
The weekly Commons session was dominated by military spending following the Government’s publication of the defence investment plan.
It has a nearly ยฃ5billion shortfall that the next prime minister, expected to be Andy Burnham, will have to fund.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of a “total dereliction of duty” as she tore into him during his penultimate PMQs as Labour leader.
