The government's proposed law to try and stop small boats arriving in the UK has been dominating Prime Minister's Questions - watch live at the top of this page

Rishi Sunak says the new law on illegal migration will help achieve a "priority" for the British people

But Labour's Keir Starmer accuses the PM of being "deluded" that it will actually reduce the number of boats crossing the Channel

Sunak insists it will and characterises Starmer as being on the side of activists, calling him a "lefty lawyer"

Starmer counters by pressing the PM on how many migrants have actually been returned under existing laws, and defends his own past record prosecuting people smugglers

Sunak says that his government has already reduced the asylum case backlog by thousands and argues Labour have no real policy to reduce boat arrivals

More than 45,000 people arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel in 2022, many of them seeking asylum