Question
I respect the Home Secretary, but these are not the reforms that she wanted. When she said that the Boris wave was destabilising and unprecedented, and that it would cause incalculable damage, she was absolutely right. The Boris wave was the worst public policy failure of the 21st century, and now she risks locking it in for generations to come. When the last Conservative Prime Minister—my Prime Minister—ignored my advice on immigration, I resigned. Her Prime Minister has ignored her advice on immigration, and the damage is going to be disastrous for this country. Why has she not considered her position?100% point-scoring
Answer
The right hon. Gentleman could also do with more honesty and contrition about his track record, including on the difference between some of the positions he took when he was a Minister in the Tory Government and those that he takes now. I simply say to him that the package of reforms I have announced today, as set out in the consultation document, represent a fair solution for all the cohorts that are caught by the new earned settlement proposals. We have made targeted exemptions where the circumstances justify them. It is this Government that are cleaning up the mess we inherited from the previous lot.50% point-scoring
Verdict: RED (5/100)
The question asked whether the Home Secretary should resign, and the reply did not address that point. Instead, it criticised the person who asked, said the Government is dealing with a problem it inherited, and defended its earned settlement reforms. Because the resignation question went unanswered, the asker would likely need to submit a follow-up question to get a response.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why the Home Secretary has not considered her position, in the sense of whether she should resign. | Not Addressed | Generic | None of the answer statements mention the Home Secretary's position or whether she should resign. Statement 1 attacks the asker's record, statement 4 claims the Government is cleaning up an inherited mess, and statements 2 and 3 defend the earned settlement reforms, so the reply never engages with the resignation question. |