Last week, immigration was the word on everybody's lips. We learnt that the UK is refusing to fund future search and rescue operations off the Italian coast, fearing it will encourage more people to make the dangerous journey from North Africa.

The Mayor of Calais was invited to give evidence before the Home Affairs Select Committee, telling us that the problem is that Britain is seen as a ‘soft touch'. Then we learnt about the asylum cases backlog: the Home Office has failed to resolve 29,000 asylum applications dating back to at least 2007.