Question Time: Fiona Bruce’s fierce four plea as whinging Lib Dem moaned about Rwanda | Politics | News [Video]

BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce was forced to intervene when tensions rose during discussions about the Government’s Rwanda scheme.

Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson was silenced by the presenter when she hit back at Policing Minister Chris Philp.

He said: “We need to have control over who does and doesn’t come here, both to legally come here and work, which we obviously value – but controlled.

“We’ll decide who meets the criteria, and for humanitarian purposes, we should decide – the Government and the public here -who should come in. We’ve been very generous.”

The minister was referring to people who have arrived from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Syria.

Fellow panellists and members of the audience then began to heckle Mr Philp.

He added: “It should be based on need, not based on most of the young men paying people smugglers leaving a manifestly safe country – France.”

Ms Bruce began to intervene to try to move the conversation …