Lammy has fiery exchange in Commons over Kebatu

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Justice Secretary David Lammy says under Conservative governments, "prisons were in a mess", after Secretary of State for Defence James Cartlidge pressed him over the release of migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu in a fiery Commons exchange. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00So I'm going to ask him again, he's the Justice Secretary, can he reassure the

00:05House that since Kabarty was released no other asylum-seeking offender has been

00:10accidentally let out of prison? Can he answer the question?

00:14Deputy Prime Minister. I've got to tell you I spent 14 years in opposition and I

00:22did a hell of a lot better than he's just done. I have answered the question.

00:27Under their watch, prisons were in a mess, suicides went up, prison officers cut, 20,000

00:38neighbourhood police is lost. We've deported more in the last year than they

00:43deported in the last five years. Please, I'm not going to take any let from the Honourable

00:48Gentlemen.

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