Hello and welcome to this edition of the Westminster Hour with me, Nick Erdley and my guests.

Coming up, Asylum has been the big issue of the summer.

With mounting pressure on the government, we'll discuss the possible answers and whether international rules might need to change.

The Conservative leader, Arcemi Badenock, is hit back at her critics

in a newspaper interview. We'll speak to her close parliamentary aid. We've also been out and about

in Kamathenshire in Wales taking the political temperature, head of next year's elections to the

Senate. First, let's meet our panel. Joining me on the line is Anna Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021.

A former dentist.

He was the first Muslim to lead a national party in the UK.

Before becoming a member of the Scottish Parliament,

he also spent five years as a Labour MP representing Glasgow Central.

The same seat his father, Mohammed Tsarwa used to hold.

Good evening, Aras.

Good evening. It feels like everybody in Scottish politics has been spending the last few weeks reading Nicholas Sturgeon's book. If you had the chance?

I've got better things to do with my time now.

She does mention your dad quite a lot in it because they stood against each other in 97.

We did share local politics across two generations. So she's in the same local patch as me for the last 15 years and for 10 years before that with my father.

So I'm glad she's... I'm sure she's glad to see the back of the Sarwars with retirement coming.

Well, who knows, she might send you a copy of the book tonight.

With me in the studio, John Glenn, Conservative MP for Salisbury in Wiltshire. I see he's represented since 2010. He had a number of ministerial roles in the last government, including Paymaster General under Rishi Sunak. In July this year, he was appointed PPS to the current Tory leader, Kemi Badernock. John, for the uninitiated. That's a PPS. Well, my

steps I used to call it when I was one before, personally picked slave. But the actual meaning

is parliamentary private secretary. So my job is to be the eyes and ears for the leader of the

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