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HANSARDIllegal MigrationI thank my hon. Friend for her good work representing her constituents on this issue in her characteristically sensible and calm manner. I am pleased that we have come to a good…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationWe do not have a plan to make use of the site at Linton-on-Ouse that was previously considered. With respect to my right hon. Friend’s constituency, we will be writing to Members…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI am pleased that some of the hotels in my hon. Friend’s constituency will now be closed. He has seen just how challenging illegal migration can be, not least in the protests in…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationIt will be an interesting conversation with the leader of Glasgow City Council, because as I recall the council does not want to take any more of our refugees. It put out a…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s kind words and for the leadership she has shown in arguing on behalf of her constituents for that migrant hotel to close. Her argument was…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI am delighted that the hotel to which my hon. Friend refers is in the first tranche. He and I visited it with his colleagues from Stoke, and it was clearly a classic case of why…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationThe hon. Gentleman is not correct in his presentation that the UK is less generous than other European countries. Statistics are hard to compare, because we are a destination…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationMy right hon. Friend has been assiduous in raising concerns about the particular hotel in her constituency—24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationMy hon. Friend makes an important point. It is undoubtedly true that communities with fewer hotels have fewer public services. It is harder for people to get around because public…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI have been very clear that people who spread hate and division in our country have no right to be here. Having a visa is a privilege, not an entitlement, and any foreign national…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationFirst the hon. Lady wanted us to clear the backlog; now she does not want us to do that because of the consequences of clearing it. Perhaps it would be better if she just…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationThe hon. Gentleman is essentially a humanitarian nimby. He comes to the House to say that we should be a welcoming nation and invite more people here, but he does not want to face…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI am grateful for the work that the right hon. Gentleman and I have done on this issue, particularly on the very serious events that took place at the hotel he mentions. I…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to all those who work at our facilities in Dover and on the south coast. This is very challenging and difficult work. At times, they have…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI am grateful to my hon. Friend. The Home Office has a long-standing policy of not naming the hotels wherever possible, but I can say that a hotel in his constituency is part of…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we need a fair and equitable system. That is why he contributed to the creation of the national dispersal model, which we continue to…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationWe take seriously our obligations to treat anyone in our care with dignity and compassion, and when we or our providers fall below that standard, it is right that we take action…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI strongly agree with my right hon. Friend. The Home Secretary and I are driven by two ambitions that must come together. One is efficiency in the system, and the other is rigour…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his good advice and wise counsel. He had to clear up the mess left by the last Labour Government, so he knows how challenging these…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationThe two hotels; my right hon. Friend corrects me. I would obviously like them to be closed at the earliest opportunity, but today we are setting out the beginning of a phased…24 Oct 2023