By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2024-11-26 11:39:12 | Updated at 2024-11-26 13:40:46
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Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has warned he will call out the Government for "gaslighting" if ministers fail to provide requested data about illegal migrants in Britain's prisons this Thursday.
Speaking on GB News, Lowe expressed optimism about the forthcoming disclosure of key figures relating to illegal migrants.
Home Office minister Angela Eagle has confirmed an imminent release of "huge statistical" immigration data this week.
However, Lowe voiced concern that the release might only consist of routine quarterly ONS statistics rather than the specific information he has been seeking about crimes committed by illegal migrants.
"I just hope she isn't gaslighting everyone and it won't just be the ONS data which comes out quarterly anyway," he said.
Lowe detailed his systematic approach to gathering information as an MP through parliamentary questions.
"As an MP, you can ask 20 questions a day of the Government which we worked out very quickly that we should use," he explained.
"We are nibbling away trying to effectively ask a question, ask another question and fill the gaps in and get as much information as we can."
Rupert Lowe warned the Home Office against 'gaslighting' Parliament
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Lowe revealed there are currently 10,500 foreign criminals in British prisons. He highlighted concerning patterns emerging from parliamentary questions.
"We're finding out that those are regular repeat offenders," he said.
"You then get whistleblowers coming forward, which we're getting now, who work very often in the public sector, and they are giving us the most unbelievable detail."
He added: "I think they do collect the data, and I think they don't want to release this data."
Lowe told GB News that Britons deserve 'accurate and transparent' data
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Lowe emphasised the importance of accurate data for maintaining societal foundations.
"We're a very decent nation, we've had a long history of trying to do the right thing and I think we continue to do that," he said.
"But I do think it's so important that if the foundations of our society are to be protected, we must get accurate data on this."
He suggested a direct approach to foreign criminals in British prisons.
"If people come here and they commit crime and they go to prison, they should be sent home," Lowe stated.
