Tuesday 14th May 2024

(6 months, 1 week ago)

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Prime Minister’s Questions
The following extract is from Prime Minister’s questions on 8 May 2024.
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Since I became Prime Minister, small boat crossings are down by a third. That is because we have doubled National Crime Agency funding, increased enforcement rates, closed bank accounts, deported 24,000 people and processed more claims.

[Official Report, 8 May 2024; Vol. 749, c. 567-568.]

Written correction submitted by the Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak):

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Since I became Prime Minister, small boat crossings are down by a third. That is because we have doubled National Crime Agency funding, increased enforcement rates, closed bank accounts, removed or returned 26,000 people and processed more claims.