Political Quotes

The public rightly expect us to control who and what enter this country. It is one of the most fundamental duties of the state and remains a top priority for me and the government I serve in.

We do absolutely have to do more as a Government and as a society to know exactly what the boundaries are between passionate, contested, fierce debate... and then behaviour that spills into threats and harassment.

There is nothing fair about a system that is based upon uncontrolled, unsafe and illegal routes into this country.

The government has already done some work in this area, but I'm sure we will have to go further.