Illegal UK arrivals will be swiftly removed under new law, Braverman says, as Labour attacks her ‘inflammatory language’ – live

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Nicolas Fletcher (Con) says the UK is full.

Braverman says he is right to say illegal migration is putting unsustainable pressures on the UK.

Barry Gardiner (Lab) asks why Braverman thinks she has the moral authority to criminalise people from Afghanistan seeking asylum in the UK.

Braverman says she is proud of Britain’s record, and that people have come to the UK through safe schemes.

Ronnie Cowan (SNP) says asylum seekers should be allowed to work.

Braverman says the government is issuing record numbers of visa to people who are coming to work or study in the UK legitimately.

James Daly (Con) welcomes the plan, and asks when MPs will vote on the migration cap.

Braverman says people want MPs to speak up for them. That is why MPs should back the bill, she says.

Simon Clarke, the former Tory levelling up secretary, asks Braverman to commit to leaving the ECHR if the bill is frustrated.

Braverman says the government thinks this bill is in line with the government’s international obligations.

Peter Bone (Con) claims abuse of the Modern Slavery Act is preventing it being helped to use real victims.

Braverman agrees. She says it now takes 500 days to deal with a claim that involves someone saying they are a modern slavery victim.

Tommy Sheppard (SNP) asks Braverman to confirm that it is the government’s intention to provoke its exclusion from the Council of Europe (which oversees the ECHR). He says the bill is “vile and shameful”.

Braverman ignores the ECHR question, and defends the bill as compassionate.

Braverman says the left “naively” believes everyone on a small boat is fleeing persecution. Many of them are young men who are economic migrants, she says.

Mark Francois, the chair of the ERG, says the “elephant in the room” is the ECHR. He says the government has to “face them down”. Will the bill contain measures to address this?

Braverman says this is a complex matter. There is a measure in the bill to disapply parts of the Human Rights Act. That should send a message to the courts, she says.

Khalid Mahmood (Lab) says this plan is unworkable. This is purely political, aimed at winning red wall seats, “at the expense of xenophobia and racism”, he says.

Braverman says it is irresponsible to say anyone who wants to control migration numbers is racist.

John McDonnell (Lab) says his Hayes and Harlington constituency may have the largest number of asylum seekers in hotels. He has met them. Some of them have wounds from torture. They have skills, and they could work. Will the home secretary provide a monthly report on process being made in dealing with these claims?

And he asks Braverman to tone down her “inflammatory language”. It is putting these people, and the people who represent them, at risk, he says.

Braverman says processing of applications is being speeded up.

She does not address the language point.