Opened the debate
Hanson argued that the government was responsible for creating migration-related problems through high intake levels between 2022 and 2023, which reached 739,000 people. Hanson claimed that the government's assertion of a 45 per cent reduction was a misleading spin, comparing it to retail pricing tactics, and noted that net migration remained high at 301,000. Hanson asserted that mass migration was used to prop up GDP because the government could not control its spending, leading to a housing crisis with over 130,000 homeless people. Hanson further argued that the government had destroyed small businesses and manufacturing sectors, resulting in the loss of 50,000 small businesses and over 1,400 industries. Hanson concluded that the proposed reduction to 225,000 by 2027-28 would not solve the current issues and called for deregulation to support domestic industry.