Shadow minister for Africa Lyn Brown says "empty slogans, chaos and broken promises" are all we've heard from the home secretary today.

"Returns of failed asylum seekers has collapsed by 80% since Labour left office in 2010," she continues by saying and calls it "an extraordinary level of incompetence by this government".

Home Secretary Braverman responds by saying what she finds incompetent is "the Labour Party voting against our measures".

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith says he welcomes the legislation but adds he did not hear about how we can save the lives of those dying in the Channel.

He asks her to expand on the intervention from the European Court of Human Rights which blocked the UK sending migrants to Rwanda.

The home secretary says detail will be introduced into the bill to address that scenario.

Liberal Democrat MP Wendy Chamberlain says it is “shocking” that there is no specific safe route for women and girls fleeing Afghanistan.

“We have failed the people of Afghanistan at every stage”, she adds and asks the home secretary what steps she’s taking to set up a safe route or to ensure promises made about the safety of Afghans are kept.

Suella Braverman replies that at its core, the bill is a “humanitarian package of measures” that takes a “robust but compassionate” approach to migration.

Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

I’ve been asking the government what the timescale for getting this legislation through Parliament is.

They aren’t giving one at the moment.

A few eyebrows have been raised by the section of the home secretary’s statement where she said lawyers are continuing to work on the legislation.

Does that mean it’s not fully ready?

Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh for Gainsborough in Lincolnshire asks if the home secretary overrides objections and houses migrants at RAF Scampton, will it be "strictly temporary"?

It comes after a £300m plan was struck which could transform the former Lincolnshire home of the Red Arrows and the Dambusters to a site used for aviation, heritage, tourism, education and research.

Braverman replies she is working with local authorities.

Next up is Labour MP Paula Barker.

Barker asks what will happen to the 44,800 others waiting in the system, and if Braverman believes "100 to 200 million pounds sent to Rwanda is value for money".

She also asks if the "additional £12,000 per refugee for processing costs" will be added to the bill.

Braverman says she is proud of what the government has achieved in securing an agreement with Rwanda.

She says the scheme has been upheld by the High Court, which is a "big step forward in our litigation".

Conservative MP Amanda Milling is next on her feet.

She asks "what would be her key message to my constituents who are angry about the use of hotels to house asylum seekers?"

The home secretary responds by saying her message is "we need to stop the boats coming here in the first place".

Labour MP Diane Abbott, once a member of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet, says the "tone, legislation, and actions" of the home secretary are "deplorable and unworkable" and urges her to reconsider.

She says as the child of migrants herself, she "deplores" the home secretary of "seeking to smear" migrants as "criminals and rapists".

She says she will never vote for legislation she says would have led to her parents being sent to Rwanda.

Abbott says the UK does not have the capacity to detain people in such big numbers.

In response, the home secretary says it is wrong to conflate those who come to the UK legally and abide by the law to those coming into the country illegally.

Tory MP Simon Fell asks the home secretary to confirm that once the asylum backlog is dealt with, safe and legal migration routes will be opened and when this will happen?

“We do have several schemes that are open to people of all nationalities,” replies Braverman.

“Thanks to this bill, we will be having a more comprehensive discussion, a decision endorsed by Parliament and one that has more legitimacy in how we go forward in allowing safe and legal routes into this country.”

The chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Dame Diana Johnson, says her committee reported small boats were not overwhelming the asylum system.

She says the asylum backlog is at 160,000 and poor resourcing has been a factor in its collapse.

She asks the home secretary what progress has been made with safe legal routes and the returns policy with the EU?

Braverman says the asylum system has been overwhelmed by small boats and "good progress" is being made in the run up to the Anglo-French summit on Friday.

Conservative MP Lee Anderson asks the home secretary if the bill will "get rid of foreign rapists and murderers".

In response Braverman says the Conservatives have passed measures to make it easier to remove "foreign national rapists, drug dealers, murderers".

She says the Labour party has written letters "to stop us".

Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent

It was delivered by Suella Braverman, but this was unmistakeably Rishi Sunak’s own policy.

The prime minister has made “passing new laws to stop the small boats” one of his five priorities.

He was conspicuously seated behind his home secretary, visible in the TV coverage, nodding, smiling and voicing his assent at key points as she outlined the new legislation.

Delivering the new law is part of his plan to try to turn around the Conservatives’ flagging poll ratings before the next election.

Braverman spoke of her approach being “supported by the British people.” And she made a point of warning of 100 million people “who could qualify for protection under our current laws... they are coming here” aiming to tap into fears about growing numbers of arrivals.

The legislation may be aimed at stopping boats, it’s also squarely aimed at galvanising political support at home.

Stuart McDonald from the Scottish National Party is speaking now.

He says the SNP "stands proudly" behind the UN Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights.

He says this bill will cause "serious harm" to those who have already suffered, and adds the SNP will oppose it "every step of the way".

Braverman responds by saying "Scotland takes one of the lowest numbers of asylum seekers out of our United Kingdom​".

"Our measures set out a comprehensive and coherent plan, combining fairness and compassion."

Braverman is taking questions from MPs now.

“Never have I heard such fabricated rage against genuine attempts to come up with practical solutions to this problem,” says Tory MP Tim Loughton.

He accuses Labour of being a “policy vacuum” when it comes to dealing with issues.

He says he supports the bill, in particular the provisions for sustainable, safe and legal routes for “genuine asylum seekers”.

Mr Loughton suggests to the home secretary that she ask France whether they might like to partner with the UK on a “joint Rwanda scheme”.

Braverman says it's not fair on schools, GPs, public services, housing and hotels filling up with illegal migrants.

She says that's why before "even seeing this bill" Labour already said it wouldn't support its passing through Parliament.

The Conservative government has a plan to stop the boats, she adds.

She says if people want "closed minds and open borders, they can rely on Labour".

"The British people want to stop the boats," Braverman continues by saying.

But says that aim "didn't even feature in the leader of the opposition's five big missions".

She adds that "deep down" Labour leader Keir Starmer "doesn't want to stop the boats. He thinks it's bigoted".

"Labour MPs would prefer to write letters stopping the removal of foreign national offenders."

"Labour are against deterring people who would come here illegally."

"They are against deporting people who are here illegally."

"They are for this situation getting worse and worse," she adds.

Braverman is at the lectern again.

Responding to Yvette Cooper's statement, Braverman says she has "no idea" what Labour's plan for tackling the small boats crisis is.

She says she "assumes" Labour is still against the government's Rwanda policy like before, and says Labour is in favour of open borders.

“This bill isn’t a solution,” says Yvette Cooper.

“It is a con that risks making the chaos worse.”

She says that “Britain deserves better” and ends her speech to resounding cheers of support from her colleagues.

Cooper says people smugglers are living in Britain but barely any of them have been prosecuted and they are being "let off the hook".

She says hundreds of children who have gone missing from migrant hotels have not been found.

"They are going to spend the whole next year, if-ing and but-ting and looking for someone else to blame," she adds.

Cooper tells Braverman if the government was serious it would be working to get a "proper new agreement in place" with France and Europe

She says the new bill makes it harder by unilaterally choosing to decide on taking in no asylum cases at all but expecting every other country to carry on.