Member

The point has been made that we should not attack people for their views on immigration. A lot of people in this country are very anxious about the economy, housing and all those things. The far right has encouraged the focus to be on immigration, and it is incumbent on us all to address what really makes people anxious. I should say, as I have said many times before, that we all need to be very careful about the language we use on these subjects, including in future announcements and our responses to them. But we are not starting from here—we are in a very odd situation, as many noble Lords have said.