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HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationWe have made significant progress, removing nearly 10,000 foreign offenders since we took office. As we said in our asylum policy statement in November, and as reflected in the…06 Jul 2026HANSARDRochdale Grooming Gang: Offender DeportationI know the wisdom of the people of Harlow: they are tolerant and respect people from all over the world and from all backgrounds, whether they are 500th-generation Harlow, like my…06 Jul 2026HANSARDRight to Work Scheme: Tackling Illegal WorkingThe Government are today laying regulations to strengthen the right to work and the right to rent schemes, alongside updated statutory codes of practice for employers and…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on asylum accommodation. It is important to remind the House of the wider context, and in particular the events that have…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI am grateful for that question, and I am very aware of the Scottish Government’s New Scots programme. It is the clear position of the Scottish Government that they want to see…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationHaving visited such hotels, I recognise that they are not as advertised—or distorted—by others. The ultimate distorters are the human traffickers, for whom it is a significant…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his contribution and for his continued lobbying in this space. As he says, I cannot give him a date for the Dragonfly’s closure, but I can tell…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI absolutely can, and I am pleased about the good news for Dudley. Since the election, we have removed 67,000 people who have no right to be here. That is a significant…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationWe see the contrast there clearly. While the Government have a serious plan on how to accommodate a significant number of people and change that reality, the hon. Lady offers just…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for those important questions. Let me start where he started; everything is local somewhere, and the impact of our proposals is significant on…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions. He has heard the plan from me and my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary before: co-operation abroad, quicker and better…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI thank my hon. Friend for his questions. To answer your question from the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will of course be very happy to meet you, as I always am—indeed, I am…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI am grateful for that series of questions. I gently say that there is a slight unfairness in the right hon. Gentleman’s saying that he and his community want a greater say in the…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationMy hon. Friend is right: there was no consultation on those 400 hotels, and there was no sense of the impact on local amenities and local communities. I think we should do much…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationLet me reiterate that no final decision has been taken. The hon. Member made an important point about the written information that goes into the public domain. As I personally…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI am grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee for that important question. I agree with her that 28 days is too short, which is why we have extended the time limit to 42 days…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationAs the hon. Lady says, this is the choice ahead of us. I believe that the change to larger sites is a good one. The Copthorne must close, and it will. I cannot offer her space in…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationIt is important to recognise the cost of that loss of grip. The previous asylum contract was let on the assumption that there would be about 60,000 people. The previous Government…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationOn processing, it seems to me that the issue is not now initial decision making, but that we have a significant portion of people waiting for their appeal to be heard, and there…29 Jun 2026HANSARD Asylum AccommodationI absolutely agree with that. This is about quicker processing and quicker removals, but I would say—I hope Members can hold this in their heads—that this is also about reducing…29 Jun 2026