Small Boat Crossings Debate

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Department: Home Office

Small Boat Crossings

Gregory Stafford Excerpts
Wednesday 6th November 2024

(2 days, 1 hour ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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I could not have put it better myself.

Gregory Stafford Portrait Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon) (Con)
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I think there is unanimity in the House that this is a moral issue. When I raised the issue of deterrence with the Home Secretary at her last statement on 22 July, she seemed to agree that we needed a deterrent. Since then, the Government do not seem to have brought forward any specific deterrence. If not the Rwanda scheme, will the Minister look at the schemes that other European nations are considering to see whether we can deter the small boat crossings?

Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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The way to deter the small boat crossings is to deal with those who are organising and profiting from that immoral trade. That is what we are doing.