Chris Bryant MP

Chris Bryant said the Government had no idea of the scale of so-called "health tourism". "Jeremy Hunt said earlier on the radio that he’s going to be tackling ‘health tourism’ – Now, if people are coming to this country solely to use the... Continue to article

Chris Bryant criticised Theresa May’s refusal to rule out temporarily withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights in order to deport Abu Qatada. “I think a temporary withdrawal from the ECHR would be an even dafter idea than... Continue to article

Chris Bryant urged to press to move forward on the issue of regulation. "I'm not involved in these discussions but I hope the Government will pursue what they've got to do. We've got to get the Royal Assent, we've got to get the Privy Co... Continue to article

Chris Bryant said immigrants wanted to come to the UK to work, not to take advantage of benefits. "It would be wrong to engage in any kind of arms race on this and pandering to fears is a big mistake. But I represent the Rhondda in south... Continue to article

Chris Bryant said the last Labour government had made mistakes regarding immigration policy.  "Well, we certainly confessed that we got some things wrong. A couple of things in particular, first of all, in the last couple of years we did... Continue to article

 Chris Bryant said the former Labour government’s immigration policy had been ineffective and argued the current Prime Minister needed to do more on illegal immigration.  “We decided to go out on our own and say you could come to Britain... Continue to article

Chris Bryant said the new Royal Charter agreement for press regulation was underpinned by statute. “What I said two weeks ago and what the Labour party position has been for some time is that I’m not particularly a fan of using the Royal... Continue to article

Chris Bryant said David Cameron had "looked Milly Dowler's family in the eye" and pledged to implement Leveson if it was not "bonkers". "I think it’s a shame – Lord Justice Leveson said he’s prefer an agreement between the parties, the v... Continue to article

Chris Bryant admitted when Labour was in government they made mistakes on immigration, including allowing low-skilled immigration to the UK. “High-skilled people coming to this country for jobs that we need is fine, but low-skilled peopl... Continue to article

Chris Bryant admitted Labour had made big mistakes on immigration. "We got two big things wrong, the first was we did introduce a points-based system which means that only people who have high skills and have something definite to offer ... Continue to article

Chris Bryant said the Government was not delivering on immigration. "[The Government have] managed to persuade 10,000 more British people to leave the country, they've cut the number of illegal immigrants that are being stopped at our bo... Continue to article