Immigration Reforms - 17th March 2026

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Immigration Reforms.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-03-17/debates/4F72CE9C-6D61-4E45-BC07-E520ACF795B7/ImmigrationReforms

14:38 Pete Wishart (SNP)

I absolutely agree. I am really pleased that the hon. Lady raised that issue, and she is right to do so. I have received countless briefings from a number of organisations, including the Royal College of Nursing, that are genuinely concerned about where this leads. Scotland is in the early stages of depopulation; just wait till they get it down here. If the Government think immigration is a bad thing, just wait till they get to the negative consequences of emigration. We are starting to get there, because it looks like immigration this year will be net zero. The rest of the UK is about to experience the end of population growth, which will put all sorts of strains on demographic issues throughout this country. The hon. Lady is right to raise that point.

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15:01 Rachael Maskell (Labour)

We know our world is challenged. It is stretched and stressed, as we have seen with climate change displacing communities and war springing from that. We are seeing floods and famine across our planet, and as a result people are moving so that they can experience some dignity in their life. Some people come to our shores because they want dignity, and I have to say to the Government that the dehumanisation of fellow citizens of our planet is a complete disgrace and it is not in my name, and it is not in the values of our party.

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