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Key points

Jack Straw: 'We need to recognise the contradiction at the heart of the '51 convention' (1.15 mins)

Jack Straw: 'I don't think the system is fully fair. I'll be trying to make it fairer' (5.51 mins)

Opening statements

Ann Widdecombe, shadow home secretary
The asylum system "certainly isn't fair for the person it was designed for in the first place" (3.30 mins)

Nick Hardwick, Refugee Council
"The system is inexcusable, unfair and shames us all" (2.10 mins)

Peter Hitchens, journalist
"I am the embodiment of human evil" (2.25 mins)

Imran Khan, solicitor
"It is a system that plays the race card" (5.30 mins)

Jack Straw, home secretary
"I don't think the system is fully fair. I'll be trying to make it fairer" (5.51 mins)

Debate highlights

Peter Hitchens questions Imran Khan on the "institutional racism" charge
(1.35 mins)

Jack Straw asks Imran Khan what he would do as home secretary
(1.15 mins)

Jack Straw on dispersing asylum seekers (2.40 mins)

Jack Straw defends the government's record
(0.49 mins)

Nick Hardwick on why we need economic migrants
(2.25 mins)

Concluding points

Imran Khan
People die from politicians' policies (0.30mins)

Peter Hitchens
"Ultra liberals" heckle Hitchens (2.29mins)

Nick Hardwick
Refugees are an opportunity not a problem (1.45 mins)

Ann Widdecombe
We must have some controls (2.04 mins)

Jack Straw
We need to strike a balance between being firm and fair (2.13 mins)