Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Martyn Day and Alan Brown

Thursday 18th November 2021 Commons Chamber

[Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP)]

3. Whether she has had discussions with the Home Secretary on proposals in the Nationality and Borders Bill to intercept small boats and return asylum seekers to France.

[Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)]

11. What recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the Nationality and Borders Bill proposals to intercept small boats and return asylum seekers to France.

[The Attorney General (Suella Braverman)]

The traffickers organising these dangerous crossings are putting lives at risk, and it is vital that we do everything we can to protect them and prevent them from operating from France. We must break the business model of criminal gangs exploiting vulnerable people. Our position is clear: people should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, and they should not risk their lives by making these dangerous journeys across the channel.