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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch says Sir Keir Starmer "owes the House an explanation", as to why Louise Haigh was appointed as transport secretary. The prime minister replied, "while she's obsessing with Westminster issues, we're getting on with fixing the mess and fixing the foundations". Haigh resigned from the cabinet last week after it emerged she was found guilty of fraud a decade ago. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The question today is what has been on the lips of all Labour MPs, including, I believe,
00:04the Health Secretary yesterday. The Prime Minister knowingly appointed a convicted
00:08podster to be his Transport Secretary. What was he thinking?
00:15Mr Speaker, the previous Transport Secretary was right when further information came forward to
00:20resign. What a marked contrast to behaviour in the last 14 years. And she talks about immigration,
00:28record levels of immigration under the previous Government, nearly a million. And she was the
00:34cheerleader. She was the one urging on the removal of the caps for work visas. She was
00:40thanking the previous Home Secretary for the work that was done. She championed it,
00:43she advocated it. Record numbers of immigration.
00:48Mr Speaker, he's obfuscating, but I'm going to keep him on the topic. He owes the House
00:53an explanation. He said that the former Transport Secretary was only asked to resign after further
00:59information came to light. What was that further information?
01:04I'm not going to disclose private conversations. Further information came to light. The Justice
01:10Secretary resigned. As I say, what a marked contrast. Whilst she's obsessing with the
01:16Westminster issues, we're getting on with fixing the mess, fixing the foundations.
01:22That £22 billion black hole, our prisons bursting, and Mr Speaker, as we found out last week,
01:28nearly a million net migration numbers because of the Tory open borders policy.

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