Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce illegal immigration.

The Government is pursuing a comprehensive plan to tackle illegal immigration, through targeted enforcement against the small boat gangs, stronger action alongside our international partners to prevent Channel crossings, increasing the removal of people with no right to be in the UK, cracking down further on illegal working, and continuing our efforts to clear the asylum backlog and end the use of hotels by the end of this Parliament.

All of this work will be underpinned by the agreement we are negotiating with our overseas counterparts, and by the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill that is currently proceeding through Parliament.