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Catherine Forster now from GB News
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Thank you, Catherine Forster, GB News. You're talking tough on cracking down on illegal migration
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but we've heard a lot of pledges before. Why should GB News viewers believe that you will be able to get all these measures
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through your own MPs, knowing that they have a habit of saying no to things they don't like
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and stopping the government doing things? and also past lawyers and also on the situation in the Middle East we are involved
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whether we like it or not. Haven't we been rather slow in sending, for example, the warship to the Middle East
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still in Portsmouth, given that we knew of this US build-up and the likelihood that we would need to defend ourselves there
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Thank you. Thank you very much. Look, we've made a set of commitments in our manifesto
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The Labour Party has to pursue reform of this system, and I've put forward a set of Labour reforms, you know
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based on the values of the Labour Party, that I believe have a majority of support in Parliament
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and amongst our own members of Parliament. But look, you know, these are debates, and people will have their views
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and they will make their arguments. This is obviously a very public process
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and for those who don't wish for the system to reform, they will have to explain what they want to do instead and how they will fund the consequences of alternative choices that could be made and who will ultimately be paying the price That is the nature of debate in this country
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It's the nature of scrutiny in this country. I've put forward a set of proposals. They are being scrutinised
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If people have alternatives, regardless of who they are, those two will be scrutinised
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And in the end, it is the public that will want to see confidence from its politicians
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in dealing with these problems that we face and in having answers that can meet the scale of the challenge
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And what I would say to you in terms of action is we're cracking on
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You know, I've been in the job for, I think, just over six months. It does feel a bit longer than that
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But, you know, we made these announcements in November. We're cracking on with implementation
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You know, we're only just into March. We'll keep going. We will have primary legislation as well as secondary legislation
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and rule changes in the normal way for immigration rules that happen automatically twice a year
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So we're cracking on with making the changes. So I'd say to your viewers and others who are watching, judge us by our record and what we actually deliver
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And then just on, again, consequences of the action in Iran, we've been building up for some weeks activity and resource in Cyprus in order to protect our interests there and to do the right thing
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And, of course, we're now taking more action as well. I don't accept what's been said on PACE
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We've always made these decisions putting the British national interest first and we have already been acting and now we are also going further
