the criticism has absolutely been coming from within the conservative party as well for the government s handling all of this, former deputy prime minister damian green saying there are times and places we should be strict with applications and afghanistan is the opposite today. we have also heard from the chair of the defence select committee tobias ellwood. that s right. the criticism that has been coming from conservative mps falls into a number of camps. firstly there has been the initial criticism of the decision to withdraw troops, we have seen fierce criticism of that from people like the former defence ministerjohnny mercer. . , the former defence ministerjohnny mercer. ., , , ., ., ., mercer. then as you say, we have had eole like mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian green mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian green come - mercer. then as you say, we have had people like damian
every night, so worried that the people of her homeland, as she put it, cannot follow their dreams any longer. we can speak now to tobias ellwood, chair of the house of commons defence select committee. thank defence select committee. you forjoining us on bi and thank you forjoining us on bbc news and bbc world news. let me get your thoughts first of all on the issue of refugees. damian green, former minister, said there were times and places we should be struck with asylum applications, afghanistan todayis asylum applications, afghanistan today is the exact opposite, we should take anyone who can make a case but apart from the scheme involving interpreters and people who worked for british forces, the government is talking about being guided by the capacity of local authorities to determine how many people they will take which sounds, forgive me, a little pedestrian compared to the urgency of the need there seems to be. t do compared to the urgency of the need there seems to be. ther