Burnham indicates backing for ‘black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census options – UK politics live

Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, asks if the PM will support the proposal by the Lib Dem MP Josh Babarinde for people to be allowed to call themselves black English or Asian English on the census.

Davey says it is wrong to claim people have to be white to be English.

Shamefully, even some in this house have argued for this racist ideology. We must reject it as the Conservative leader, to her great credit, has done. We should start with a census with the only English option, when you’re asked about your ethnicity, is white English. [Babarinde] a proud Englishman, introduced a bill yesterday to change that to create new options like black English and Asian English. Will the prime minister support his bill?