The House of Commons erupted during Prime Minister’s Questions today after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ridiculed Sir Keir Starmer for having “no plan” on immigration to the UK. When Sir Keir asked Mr Sunak about the “broken” asylum system, the Prime Minister responded: “You can’t attack a plan if you don’t have a plan”.
PMQs got off to a rowdy start, with MPs jeering and shouting after Sir Keir Starmer opening question tackled the issue of immigration.
He asked Mr Sunak: “His Home Secretary says the asylum system is broken. Who broke it?”
In response, the Prime Minister heralded the Conservative Party’s decision to take the UK out of the EU.
He said: “We on this side of the House gave the people a referendum on Brexit. We delivered Brexit. We ended the free movement of people, Mr Speaker.
“That is our record on migration policy. It’s not something the honourable gentleman supported, he opposed it at every turn and it’s not what the British people want.”
But Mr Starmer hit back, saying: “No one wants open borders on this side of the House, but they have lost control on their side of the House”.
Mr Sunak drew attention to the Labour party’s record on migration, pointing out that Sir Keir “voted against the Nationality and Borders Bill, pledged to scrap the Rwanda partnership and opposed the ending of free movement of people”.
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