WORCESTER'S MP has defended comments by Theresa May warning against a points-based immigration system - calling it "pretty uncontroversial".

Brexit minister Robin Walker says the Prime Minister was right to say an Australian-style system will not be a "silver bullet" in bringing the number of new arrivals down.

It came as Mr Walker prepares to made his first appearance on the House of Commons frontbench this afternoon, appearing alongside Brexit Secretary David Davis who is delivering a speech on quitting the EU.

During the referendum the Vote Leave campaign promised a new migration system modelled on the version down under, which allows into Britain only those with the right skills and languages.

But Mrs May, speaking on route to the G20 summit in China over the weekend, suggested there was an issue as to whether it actually works.

Mr Walker, who returned back to the Commons today after the summer recess, said: "She said it's not a silver bullet, that's consistent with what she's always said and I agree with that.

"As I pointed out during the referendum campaign, in Australia they have a higher amount of immigration than we do.

"So I think what she's said is pretty uncontroversial to be honest."

Mrs May said the June result showed that voters "didn't want the free movement to continue as it has in the past", but added: "One of the issues is whether or not points-based systems do work".

Figures from the Office for National Statistics last month revealed how net migration into the UK for the year ending in March was 327,000, the third highest level on record.

EU citizens made up 180,000 of that figure, with the overall numbers only down by 12,000 on last year, leaving old Tory pledges to slash it into the 'tens of thousands' in tatters.

The G20 summit has also resulted in US President Barack Obama saying he thought Britain had voted the wrong way in the referendum, and that America would only open trade talks after making more progress on EU and Asian deals first.

This afternoon Brexit Secretary David Davis will deliver his first speech in the Commons, which follows weekend reports the Government is prepared to move more swifly in exiting the EU.

The hope is that an agreement with Australia will be the first.

Worcester's MP is having a hectic day at parliament in his ministerial role, and will spend this evening locked in a long debate at Westminster Hall with backbench MPs about whether or not a second referendum should take place.

Mrs May has ruled out a second poll, insisting British people have made their views clear.