HIGHLIGHTS: Keir Starmer rinses Rishi Sunak for shoddy Rwanda plan at PMQs

leader of the opposition soia St thank you Madame Deputy speaker and it's very good to see you in your place and we wish the speaker a speedy recovery uh this week we lost two giants of the labor family and I thank the Prime Minister for his comments Alistair darling was a man of unassuming intelligence warmth and kindness he brought a calm expertise and in private a cutting WID and devoted his love of his family was ever present our thoughts are with Maggie his wife Callum Anna who he loved so dearly glennis kinck was a passionate campaigner for social justice who changed lives home and abroad she was a loving and supportive partner and mother and her death is a huge loss to all of us we are thinking of Neil of Steven Rachel and of all the family can I also Echo the prime minister's comments in relation to Lord Douglas Hamilton and relation to the hillsbor families they deserve justice in a previous capacity I worked with the families they waited a very very long time for the findings thanks to people in this house um and they've waited a long time for this response but I'm glad it is now coming Madame Deputy speaker if the purpose of the Rwanda gimmick was to solve a political headache of the Tor own making to get people out of the country who they simply couldn't deal with then it's been a resounding success after all they've managed to send three home secretaries there an achievement for which the whole country can be grateful so apart from members of his own cabinate how many people has the Prime Minister sent to Rwanda well Madame Deputy speaker as I've been clear before we will do everything it takes Mr Speaker we will do everything it takes to get this scheme working so that we can indeed stop the votes and that's why this week we have signed a new legally binding treaty with Rwanda which together with new legislation will address all the concerns that have been raised because everyone should be in no doubt about our absolute commitment to stop the boats and get flights off because Deputy speaker and this is the crucial point that The Honorable gentleman doesn't understand deterrence is critical even the National Crime agency have said that you need an effective removals and deterrence agreement if you truly want to break the cycle of tragedy that we see but what we heard this morning from his own ministers was that was that they would scrap the scheme even when it is operational and working as again once again Mr Speaker once again instead of being on the side of the British people he finds himself on the side of the people [Music] [Applause] Smugglers Madame Deputy speaker when they first announced this gimmick they claimed Rwanda would settle tens of thousands of people tens of thousands of people then the deputy former prime minister quickly whittel it down to Mere hundreds then the court of appeal in June made clear there's housing for just 100 the current number of people there remains stubbornly consistent zero at the same at the same time at the same time mam Article 19 of the treaty says the parties shall make arrangements for the United Kingdom to resettle a portion of rwanda's most vulnerable refugees in the United Kingdom so how many refugees from Rwanda will be coming here to the UK under the treaty know that Mrs speaker what Madam Deputy speaker sorry M order prime minister addresses all the concerns of the Supreme Court but I it's it's a point of Pride Madame Deputy speaker that we are a compassionate country that does welcome people from around the world but but let's just let me just get the honorable gentleman up to speed on what we are doing reduce the number of illegal arrivals from Albania by 90% increase the number of illegal working rates by 50% because of all the action we've taken the number of small arrivals down by a third Madame Deputy speaker but what is the honorable gentleman's plan cuz it comes down to he just simply doesn't have a plan to address this problem on no but no no I'm probably being unfair because he does have a plan it's to cook up a deal with the EU that would see us accept a 100,000 illegal migrants migration trebled on his watch and all he can do is make up numbers about the labor party it's really pitiful I'm not actually sure the prime minister can have read this thing article four says the scheme is capped at rwanda's capacity that's 100 Article 5 says Rwanda can turn them away if they want Article 19 says we actually have to take refugees from Rwanda how much did this fantastic deal cost us prime minister Madam Deputy speaker is the Home Secretary was crystal clear about there is no incremental money there is no incremental money that been provided this about is ensuring that the concerns of the Supreme Court have all been addressed in a legally binding treaty that will allow us to operationalize the scheme but I'm glad he raised the topic of legal migration which I agree is absolutely far too high Madame Deputy speaker that's why this week we've outlined a plan bigger than any other government before to reduce the levels of legal Migration by 300 it's an incredibly comprehensive plan so if he cares so much about it the simple question for him is does he support the [Music] plan Madam Deputy speaker he clearly hasn't read and anexa annexa says on top on top of the 140 million he's already shered on Rwanda when we send people there under this treaty we have to pay for their accommodation and their upkeep for 5 years and that's not all this morning a Minister admitted that anyone we sent to Randa who commits a crime can be returned to us I'm beginning to see why the Home Secretary said rander ski something to do with bats I think was it what just what does he first think attracted Mr kagami to hundreds of millions of pounds for nothing in return I've Sly lost the thread of the question Madam Deputy speaker but the the simple point is the simple point the simple point is there's a simple question here if you believe in stopping the boats as we on this side of the house do you need to have an effective deterrence and returns agreement it's a simple as that The Honorable gentleman is not interested in stopping the boats which is why he's not interested in the Rwanda plan in fact Madame Deputy speaker in fact we know that they don't want to tackle this issue because even when even when this government was trying to deport foreign National offenders out of this country they opposed it multiple members of his shadow front bench all signed a letter to me to that effect but I don't need to tell him that cuz he signed it [Applause] too okay okay that's that's enough secure starma Madam Deputy speaker I would say that this treaty's got more holes in than the Swiss cheese but I don't want to wind up the Prime Minister by talking about a European country again Madame Deputy speaker you have to give credit to the Rwandan government they saw this prime minister coming a mile off you can only imagine their Delight their sheer disbelief when having already banked 140 million of British taxpayer money without housing a single Asylum Seeker the Prime Minister appears again with another offer they can't refuse a gimmick that will send taxpayers money to Rwanda refuges from Randa to Britain and won't stop the boats was mentioned of Margaret Thatcher earlier how Madame Deputy speaker how there's understandable excitement about the men but the house must listen to the leader of the opposition s here go from up your STS to take our money [Applause] kagami Mr Speaker I well M Madam Deputy speaker I I I when it comes when it comes to this European thing in margarth thater this is this is the week that the shadow foreign secretary I think didn't rule out rejoining the European Union that's a he can roleplay Margaret Thatcher all he wants but when it comes to Europe his answer is the same yes yes yes Madam for forget the private jet he's he's OB on a private planet of his own but as we Daily Mail readers learned this week that the Prime Minister has began to feel sorry for himself he is even been heard comparing his plight to his beloved Southampton football club I do think that's a bit harsh because Saints have been on an 11 game unbeaten run while as the song has it the Prime Minister gets battered everywhere he goes but if you want the perfect example of how badly the Tores have broken the Asylum system last week the home office admitted that 177,000 people in the Asylum SE order order come on now so here St thank you if you want the perfect example of how badly they've broken the Asylum system Madame Deputy speaker last week the home office admitted that 177,000 people in the Asylum system have disappeared they're exact words it's hard to believe this we don't think we know where all these people people are now you might lose your car keys you might lose your headphones you might lose your marbles how do you lose 177,000 people prime minister well Madam Deputy speaker I mean on on the topic of football teams he he used to describe this Rwanda policy as immoral and yet his football team has a visit Rwanda badge on the side of them but I like in the meek in the week in the week when he made his big economy speech we're still waiting to hear how he's going to borrow 28 billion and still cut taxes and reduce debt it's same old thing the sums don't add up but while they're struggling with their calculator we're getting on and delivering a new treaty with Rwanda the toughest eure measures to cut legal migration are Schools Marching up the tables and tax cuts for Millions Madame Deputy speaker so whether it's controlling our Borders or lowering our taxes just like the same the conservatives are Marching [Applause] [Music] on

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Published: Wed Dec 06 2023