Shadow Education Secretary Damian Hinds describes the government’s decision to close the Bibby Stockholm barge as an “error”. “We believe very strongly you need a deterrent”, he said.
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00:00What we gather is that the government intends not to renew the contracts on
00:04the Bibliostock from January. They've said they will have made some
00:09dramatic advances in getting through the processing backlog by
00:14January. Well let's wait to see what they actually manage to achieve. The
00:19fundamental points on illegal immigration, and we had this debate a lot
00:24during the election campaign, is we believe very strongly you need a
00:27deterrent, and that is what our plan was all about, about the
00:32potential to remove people to Rwanda. The new government's got rid of that plan,
00:35didn't even have a parliamentary vote about it, they've got rid of that plan
00:39but without something to replace it. We think that is an error, but look
00:43they are the government and we will of course hold them to account, but we must
00:46see what comes forward.