Discussion on Afghan Refugee Housing Policy

And let me just ask you about the Afghan story because obviously, um, you know,

it's a massive problem for the Tory government, uh, of, of,

of the last few years

with Rishi Sunak in charge of it. Um, also a massive problem for Labour as well.

Um, but in terms of the people who have come

in, and it looks like there might be

about 36,000 or th- 40,000 by the end of it, um, are we

supposed to support them for the rest of their lives?

Is that supposed to be them coming in here to get a free house and

free benefits and all the rest of it?

Because if we're giving them a free house when they get here, what incentive

is there for them to pay for anything?

Well, again, under the current system and, and what they would qualify

for, uh, the answer is basically yes. I mean, there's...

I'm, I'm sure a lot of them will choose to

work, but it, we are making it a

choice.

Yeah, but if they choose to work, what's the point of them choosing to work

to try

and buy a house if they've already got a free one?

Yeah, or a car or, or whatever it might be.

Yeah.

I mean, uh,

particularly for social housing, um, if you...

especially if, if there are children in your household-

Yeah

... um, then the way that-

And most of them have kids, as far as I know.

Yeah, and the way that the housing list works, uh,

you will go straight to the top

of the housing list. So it's, it's inevitable

that there will be a lot of British people who are waiting on that social housing

list who will go down many, many, many places.

Yeah. And it-