Mr Montgomerie, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK in December citing frustration over immigration insurance policies, highlighted broader points in the course of the debate, stating: “One advantage of having a brand new social gathering is it is going to ask tough questions. There is no legacy of vested pursuits, and there’s a actual difficulty. I feel Britain is likely one of the most tolerant international locations on the planet, and there at all times must be extra progress on racial points, there at all times must be extra progress. However it’s not a lot the sum of money that’s spent on using range officers. You speak to plenty of civil servants, the period of time they now should spend monitoring this difficulty, above all others, is [extraordinary].”
