Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Julian Smith and Stephen Doughty

Tuesday 28th October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Doughty]

I absolutely agree with the sentiment of the hon. Lady’s question. She will know that in our first year in government, we deported over 5,000 foreign national offenders—a 14% increase on the previous 12 months. We are speeding up the early removal scheme so that most foreign prisoners can be deported after serving 30%, rather than the previous 50%, of their custodial sentence.

[Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con)]

10. What steps her Department is taking to provide sustainable funding for the BBC World Service.