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Today in Parliament

12/02/2025

Today in Parliament

BBC

Government

4.4162 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Alicia McCarthy reports on Prime Minister's Questions, where the focus of the clash between the prime minister and Kemi Badenoch was immigration.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.1

Order. Order.

0:07.7

Hello, I'm Alicia McCarthy and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

0:12.7

On Wednesday the 12th of February, following a controversial legal judgment,

0:16.9

the Conservative leader demands a tightening of the rules on who can live in the UK.

0:21.6

We cannot be in a situation where we allow enormous numbers of people to exploit our laws in this way.

0:28.8

But Kea Stama insists his government is taking action.

0:32.2

She asked me if we're going to change the law and close the loophole in question one.

0:35.1

I said yes.

0:36.1

She asked me again in question two and I said yes. She asked me again in question

0:37.5

two and I said yes. She asked me again in question three. It's still yes. Also on this program,

0:44.5

a report reveals that the killer of Conservative MP said David Amos was released from a government

0:49.9

anti-terrorism program too quickly and fears that Chinese made wind turbines could be vulnerable

0:57.2

to being switched off. We need local control. But first, the Prime Minister says the government

1:03.8

will close a legal loophole which allowed a Palestinian family the right to live in the UK

1:08.7

after they applied under a scheme designed to help Ukrainians.

1:13.9

Secir Starmole was challenged over the decision at Prime Minister's questions by the Conservative

1:18.3

leader Kemi Badenok. The scheme, which has now closed, allowed Ukrainian nationals to join family

1:24.6

members or extend their stay in the UK.

1:33.3

Kemi Badock said it had been set up by the last Tory government and more than 200,000 people had used it, but now...

1:35.2

A family of six from Gaza have applied to live in Britain using this scheme and a judge has

1:42.7

now ruled in their favour. This is not what the scheme was designed

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