In the 12 months to June 2022, total net migration stood at an estimated 504,000 - a sharp rise from 173,000 in the year to June 2021. One of the reasons for failing to recommit to that pledge is the latest available figures show migration is already at a record high. In an interview with Sky's political editor Beth Rigby earlier, the PM repeatedly failed to commit to reducing net migration to below 226,00 per year - a Conservative manifesto pledge at the 2019 election - saying only said he was "committed to bringing down the levels of net migration that I've inherited". Next Thursday, new estimates of net migration to the UK are due to be published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as immigration remains high on the political agenda. The same should apply for people who behave violently on planes." It is right that people can be banned from driving, they can be banned from being a company director and they can be banned from football matches. "At the moment violence is very rare, but if you introduce this legislation, this will make it even less likely to happen. So that person can just go and fly with a different operator. "The difficulty that we have currently is that someone can be violent on a particular operator's aeroplane and then that operator cannot pass that information on to another operator. "This bill aims to ensure that violent people who cause mayhem on aeroplanes are actually banned from flying for a specific period of time by a court," Mr Johnson said. He's introducing a 10 Minute Rule Bill on the issue on 24 May. The Conservative MP for Dartford, Gareth Johnson, believes the law needs to change to deal with the increasing numbers. Many incidents of so-called "air rage" have been documented by shocked fellow travellers on social media. Next week, in a bid to reduce those numbers, MPs will be considering a new law that could see offenders banned from all British carriers. New figures exclusively shared with Sky News show 1,028 cases were reported by UK airlines in 2022 - nearly triple the number reported in 2019. Mass brawls, sexual assaults, physical violence, drunken threats, verbal abuse, passengers stripping off: all examples of the kind of disruptive behaviour experienced by cabin crew in recent years. By Amanda Akass, politics and business correspondent
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