Labour's Darren Jones refuses to apologise for Question Time migrants claim

A Cabinet minister today refused to apologise for suggesting most Channel migrants are women and children. Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones insisted there is no need for him to say sorry despite anger at his comments on the BBC's Question Time last week. In interviews, Jones acknowledged that he could have been 'more specific'. He said he had only been referring to passengers on two boats he had seen during a visit to Border Security Command. Pressed on Times Radio whether he needed to apologise, Mr Jones said: 'No, because I'd started the sentence by saying, on a visit to the border security command, this is what I was being told. 'Now, look, could I have been more specific and said the two specific boats I was being shown on that day on the visit? Evidently, probably, yes.'