Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 11 November 2025
11 Nov 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Labour’s recent announcement about housing hundreds of asylum-seeking men in barracks in Inverness has alarmed us all due to the questionable suitability of that approach. Instead of being meaningful legislation that will deliver solutions, the bill bulldozes across previous building blocks, such as by repealing key sections of the Illegal Migration Act 2023.
Meanwhile, in Scotland, the Scottish National Party continues to be out of touch with public sentiment. The Scottish Government has appeared to offer an open door to illegal immigration, which is an approach that is not in keeping with public sentiment and that would be damaging to Scotland. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist—
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-19614, in the name of Angela Constance, on a motion of legislative competence on the Border Security, Asy...
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs (Angela Constance)
SNP
I am pleased to open this brief debate on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, the purpose of which is to rectify an oversight. I regret that t...
Tess White (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
Today, the Parliament is again asked to consider a legislative consent memorandum dealing with the UK Government’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bi...
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
I am grateful to my colleague for giving way, because it gives me the opportunity to put on record the view of many of my constituents that this is a thoroug...
Tess White
Con
Labour’s recent announcement about housing hundreds of asylum-seeking men in barracks in Inverness has alarmed us all due to the questionable suitability of ...
Martin Whitfield (South Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
Will Tess White take an intervention?
Tess White
Con
Presiding Officer, will I get the time back?
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
Yes, if it is very brief.
Martin Whitfield
Lab
Is it the Conservative position that criminals should avoid arrest by simply moving to Scotland?
Tess White
Con
It is ludicrous of Mr Whitfield to suggest that. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, unlike Scottish Labour, remains the only party in Scotland th...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
That concludes the short debate on the LCM.