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HANSARDAsylum HotelsI have absolutely no truck with those who seek to exploit the vulnerabilities of others for their own ends. I know my country; I know my city of Nottingham—when the system is…05 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum HotelsWe are very mindful that, whatever the nature of the supported accommodation, it should tread as lightly as possible on the community and on its neighbours. I would say to my hon.…05 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum HotelsI know my hon. Friend’s constituency well and of where he speaks. We are clear that that hotel and all hotels being used for this purpose must shut. I know colleagues will want…05 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum HotelsThe right hon. Gentleman was, I remember, sat right there in that seat—well, the Leader of the Opposition had moved him down one—to hear my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful for that question. As my hon. Friend says, this Government have supported Chevening scholars and those with fully funded scholarships in Gaza to come to this country…05 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum HotelsThis Government will close every asylum hotel. We are making progress with spend in this area reduced by a third. We are restoring order and control to the system, speeding up…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his work in this area and to the Select Committee for its work and its recent visit. My experience of working with France is that it wants to…05 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum HotelsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. I can assure his constituents and hon. and right hon. colleagues that he persists with me on this issue on virtually a daily…05 Jan 2026HANSARDManston Asylum Facility: Inquiry Terms of ReferenceOn 12 February 2025 the Government announced the establishment of a non-statutory inquiry to investigate and report on the decisions, actions and circumstances that led to the…18 Dec 2025HANSARDAsylum Reforms: Protected CharacteristicsThank you, Dr Huq. I have a lot of things to say today, but I am basically not going to say any of them. I will try to respond instead to what colleagues have said, because I…17 Dec 2025HANSARDAsylum Reforms: Protected CharacteristicsI am happy to give way, but I remind the hon. Lady that we are very short on time.17 Dec 2025HANSARDAsylum Reforms: Protected CharacteristicsI will take an intervention from my right hon. Friend before I go off on a tangent.17 Dec 2025HANSARDAsylum Reforms: Protected CharacteristicsThat is a really important point, which I was coming to. There will be cases in which, whether because of the nature of the trauma that people have suffered on their journey or…17 Dec 2025HANSARDAsylum Reforms: Protected CharacteristicsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I thank the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) for securing this debate, which has been very interesting.…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCampsfield Immigration Removal CentreI am today announcing that Campsfield immigration removal centre in Oxfordshire has opened. Detention plays a crucial role in maintaining effective immigration control and…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIt is getting to the point where I might not be able to help the Opposition spokesperson, because I have answered the question. It is in nobody’s interest, as I say, for important…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillAs I said in my opening speech, it is right that we take our time to develop the right package of data, so that we can publish it and the hon. Member for Hamble Valley (Paul…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for her question. She may have heard me say before that it is not in the interests of anyone, anywhere in the UK, for the work of establishing…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat is always the challenge, because we live in a world of misinformation, disinformation and, I am sad to say, occasionally bad faith. However, my antidote to that is the same…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am afraid that panto season is starting early, Madam Deputy Speaker.19 Nov 2025