Responding to the reports that the baby son of Shamima Begum has died, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Ed Davey said:

“The news that a little baby has died will touch the vast majority of people’s hearts – regardless of the crimes of his mother.

“Many of us feared this tragic outcome when the Home Secretary washed his hands of Britain’s responsibility for a British citizen and a British baby.

“The Home Secretary’s actions were highly questionable on legal grounds anyway – and his pathetic attempt to claim there was a security risk only undermined his case further.

“If the courts eventually show he has acted illegally in making a British citizen stateless, we will remember this baby in holding him to account.”