What progress her Department has made on tackling illegal migrant channel crossings. The questioner notes that this is an urgent national emergency, and he references previous promises to regain control over borders as part of Brexit. He asks if the government will introduce emergency powers to override the Human Rights Act in order to address the issue.

At the referendum, us Brexiteers told the people that we would take back control. It is clear that, in this aspect, we have lost control. If we tell the most desperate economic migrants in the world, “We will provide a free border taxi service across the channel, we will never deport you and we will put you up in a hotel for as long as you like”, is it any wonder that more and more come? This is now a national emergency. Will the Home Secretary introduce an emergency powers Act to override the Human Rights Act, if necessary, and put people in secure accommodation now?