Suella Braverman has lost Tories’ support after Met police bias comment, Chris Bryant claims

Suella Braverman has lost Tories' support after Met police bias comment, Chris Bryant claimsSource: House of Commons

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00:00 The fact that only two Conservative MPs have turned up today to defend the Home Secretary

00:04 I think shows that she has already lost the support of the House.

00:09 But the Minister is absolutely right when he says that there is no place for hate on

00:15 our streets.

00:16 Isn't the truth of the matter though, there's no place for hate in the Home Office either

00:21 and the problem with the present Home Secretary is that she's the person who is inciting

00:25 hatred in this country.

00:27 He's absolutely right, it's perfectly fair for us to have scrutiny of the police but

00:31 that normally comes after an operational event, not before it.

00:35 Isn't the truth of the matter that this Home Secretary is really trying to command the

00:40 police and that completely breaches every single understanding that we've historically

00:44 had of the operational independence of the police.

00:48 Well Mr Speaker I'm slightly concerned that the right hon. Member said there are only

00:52 two Conservative Members in the House.

00:53 It's quite clear there are a great deal more than that and given his...

00:58 I don't want to get too dispy about counts.

01:01 All I want to say is I think on both sides.

01:03 I'll just help with the clarification.

01:05 There are more Conservatives but only two have spoken.

01:07 I think that was the point.