‘We are turning parts of our community into a ghetto’
Nick Fletcher, the Tory MP for Don Valley and a member of the right-wing New Conservatives group, confirms he will back the bill in a speech that was critical of the current levels of immigration.
Mr Fletcher, who was elected in 2019, says: “Doncaster is full,” adding: “I don’t think it’s Christian to put people in boats.”
He criticises “left-wing lawyers making six-figure salaries” and TV pundits on “seven-figure salaries”, suggesting they don’t understand the lives of people in his constituency who are earning £25,000 a year.
Mr Fletcher describes a hypothetical scenario where a couple move into their home and their neighbour moves out, only for it to be occupied by “nine people who don’t speak English anymore, bed hopping – which is what’s happening”.
He says those in the chamber who are objecting to what he is saying are “burying your head in the sand trying to make yourselves look good in front of people to get votes”.
“We are turning parts of our community into a ghetto,” he claims.
“We have to tackle this illegal immigration because it is not fair – because that couple I am talking about are paying their taxes week in, week out.”
He adds: “I will back this bill, but we’ve got friends on this side of the House who want this bill stronger. And I will work with them…because we must make this work, we have to stop the boats.”
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