Roads Minister Richard Holden says he 'understands' language used by Lee Anderson to describe migrants 'complaining' about the Bibby Stockholm barge
The first group of migrants boarded the barge on Monday.When pressed on whether the explicit language used by Mr Anderson was acceptable for a senior Tory MP, Mr Holden replied: “Lee will express himself in his own inimitable style, and I think we need to be careful about this, if we start to try and police people’s language when this is a really serious issue.
The Justice Secretary said France is a safe country and a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights. The Government has said the barge, which was initially designed to fit about 200 people, has a 500-person capacity. While the Liberal Democrats’ spokesman, Alistair Carmichael, criticised Mr Chalk’s defence of the comments.
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