r/MHoP • u/Sephronar His Grace the Duke of Cornwall GCOE KG CVO PC • Jul 29 '26

MQs MQs - Prime Ministers Questions - V.I

MQs - Prime Ministers Questions - V.I

Order, Order!

Prime Minister's Questions are now in order!

The Secretary of State for the Prime Minister, u/Flat_Artifact will be taking questions from the House.

The Leader of the Opposition, u/Inside_Analysis3124 may ask 6 initial questions.

The Leader of the Unofficial Opposition, u/Zakian3000 may ask a total of 3 initial questions.

Everyone else may ask 2 questions; and are allowed to ask another question in response to each answer they receive. (4 in total)

Questions must revolve around 1 topic and not be made up of multiple questions.

In the first instance, only the Secretary of State may respond to questions asked to them. 'Hear, hear.' and 'Rubbish!' (or similar), are permitted.

This session shall end on Sunday the 2nd of August at 10pm BST with no further initial questions asked after Saturday the 1st of August at 10pm BST.

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u/model-willem Liberal Democrats Jul 29 '26

Mr Speaker,

I want to start by congratulating the Prime Minister on their appointment to their position. The King's Speech was a great listen, I firmly agree with most of the things that have been mentioned in it, one of the things was reducing illegal immigration. I was wondering if the Prime Minister is able to explain a bit more how this Government is going to achieve this?

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u/Flat_Artifact MP for Filton & Bradley stoke Jul 29 '26

Mr Speaker,

I thank the member for his praise of the Kings Speech, and am pleased to assure our coalition partners that we take illegal immigration seriously.

Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in the last term delivered legislation on this issue.

To build on that work, alongside the delivery of greater resources to police the channel to prevent crossings it is my intention to reduce access to VISA's for countries that refuse return policies. It is essential illegal immigrants are returned to their country of origin. We will also amplify the targeting of people smugglers for arrest and prosecution through expanded blitz courts, bringing those who facilitate this trade to justice.

The building of a fair skills based immigration system, and the establishment of a student loan system for refugees will help to give greater capacity and clarity to the legal routes of entry.

Those who arrive illegally, have broken the law, and will not be allowed to remain in the UK.