Watch Angela Rayner and Chris Philp’s furious clash over immigration and housing in full

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00:00With President Macron finally admitting, in his own words, that the situation is deteriorating,

00:06the government's laughable plan to smash the gangs lies in tatters.

00:11So will she now at last accept we need a removals deterrent so every single illegal immigrant

00:18arriving on these shores is immediately removed?

00:21Will she commit to that, yes or no?

00:24Mr Speaker, if they want to argue that 40,000 arrivals since July 24 are down to the scrapping

00:32of the Rwanda scheme, they need to explain why there were more than 43,000 arrivals in

00:37the same period starting in July 22 when the Rwanda agreement was in place.

00:42It is absolute rubbish, Mr Speaker.

00:47They lost control of our borders.

00:48We are getting control of our borders.

00:51He needs to apologise.

00:52I don't see how she has the brass neck to claim she's got it under control.

00:59When the numbers crossing the channel this year are the highest in history.

01:06She asked about the Rwanda deterrent, I'll repeat, she obviously wasn't listening to what

01:09I said earlier.

01:10The Rwanda scheme never started.

01:14When, when and indeed illegal immigrants in Calais said they were—

01:21Order!

01:22Order!

01:23Just do it.

01:24I want to hear the question and I'm sure all constituents want to hear the question and

01:28the answer.

01:29Christopher.

01:30Thank you, Mr Speaker.

01:31The Rwanda scheme never started.

01:33Illegal immigrants in Calais were saying before the election how much they wanted the Prime

01:37Minister to get elected because he would help them get here.

01:40When Australia started a similar scheme about ten years ago, it worked within a few months.

01:46Now, Mr Speaker, as a consequence of the government losing control, they are now accommodating growing

01:51numbers of illegal immigrants, many of whom cross the channel in asylum, hotels and flats.

01:57The Home Office's suppliers are now actively offering above-market deals to landlords to

02:04get hold of their properties to be used for illegal immigrants.

02:08In the meantime, hard-pressed young people here are unable to rent or buy.

02:13So why is this government prioritising housing for illegal immigrants above housing for our

02:20young people?

02:22So again, Mr Speaker, I gently say to the right honourable member opposite that under

02:28their watch, immigration increased fourfold until it reached almost a million in a single

02:33year.

02:34They also created the backlog, 400 hotels, which we have reduced to just over 200 hotels

02:41in the first 12 months of us being in government, Mr Speaker.

02:45One million pound a day spiffed up the wall because they were so incompetent.

02:51We're building the homes that they failed to deliver over 14 years of consecutive failure

02:57by their government.

02:58They should apologise while we get on with the job of rebuilding Britain.

03:02They should be creating a new facility.

03:03They should be making huge breadineers for the situation.

03:04They should be making huge donations for the system.

03:05They should be making huge donations for the world, and they should be making huge

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