South Wales Central Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies has branded Plaid Cymru separatists “worse than Labour on immigration”, after the separatists’ Westminster leader Liz Saville-Roberts accused the Government of “stoking fear and division” through “performative cruelty”.
Ms Saville-Roberts comments were made in reference to the Government’s proposals to crack down on illegal migration.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood branded them “deeply unserious”.
Mr Davies said the comments were further proof of Plaid’s open borders extremism, and called on the Government to take further measures to crack down on illegal migration than those announced to date.
Mr Davies said:
“Plaid Cymru separatists embrace open borders extremism, and should be trusted even less than Labour on tackling illegal migration.
“Plaid’s suggestion that Labour have been too tough on border control is laughable.
“We’ll never stop illegal migration without exiting the ECHR but Labour refuses to do so on principle.”
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NOTE: Please find below House of Commons Hansard from 17th November 2025
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Liz Saville-Roberts
Stoking fear and division through the kind of performative cruelty trailed in the media this weekend has consequences. We saw that in Caerphilly last month in that where Reform UK spread information, Ukrainians spoke of intimidation. When the Home Secretary speaks of unity, surely the lesson from Caerphilly is that imitating Reform does not create unity and does not win trust, but that standing firm on values does.
Shabana Mahmood
I am sorry, but that is just unserious from the right hon. Lady. I am sorry to find that the Reform party is living rent free in so many people’s heads, but I can assure hon. Members that it is living nowhere near mine.
These policy proposals are designed to fix what we all know to be true, which is that we have a broken system that is driving division across our country. I see that in my own constituency, and I hope the right hon. Lady is not suggesting otherwise. I have seen that with my own eyes and it is my own experience in my own constituency, where over 70% of people are not white and most of them have a migration story just like my own. These are matters of great interest across our country—across every type of community in our country—and it is incumbent on any Government who want to make sure we can run a decent system and not fuel division in our country to pursue the sorts of reforms that we are talking about. They are underpinned by what I would have hoped were values her party could have signed up to as well—that is, fairness and contribution.