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HANSARDLabour and Skills Shortages: Temporary Recovery VisaI will give way to the hon. Member for Glasgow North East (Anne McLaughlin) and then the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).08 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Accommodation: Novotel IpswichI am pleased to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. Given your duties as Chair you will not be able to say so, but I know that you also feel strongly about the issue,…08 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Accommodation: Novotel IpswichI do not want to get into a detailed conversation about our exact treaty obligations and the legal framework, but the issue is that any individual can claim asylum regardless of…08 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingIf the hon. Lady has specific allegations, I suggest she brings those to me and I will happily look into them. I have visited hotels, and in general I have been reassured that…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingWe have set out on multiple occasions that the global migration crisis is placing unprecedented strain on our asylum system. Despite what they may have been told by many, migrants…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingFirst, may I praise my right hon. Friend, who is an exemplary Member of Parliament? It has been my privilege to work alongside him over the past 10 days. He has consistently…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingThe hon. Member has my assurance that the standards of decision making will be upheld, but we believe we can do it in a far more productive manner than has been done in the past,…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary and I are reviewing whether further changes to the law are required. One area we are particularly interested in is the modern…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingYes, there has. We have now recruited 1,000 caseworkers and we have a plan to recruit a further 500. Those individuals will be trained by the very best decision makers, such as…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingThe hon. Lady should pay closer attention to what is actually happening. I have visited Manston and met members of staff who are supporting those individuals at Western Jet Foil.…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI thank my hon. Friend, who raised this issue with me immediately when it came to her attention, just as I did with officials when I learned of it. We have in recent times…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingIt is up to the Children’s Commissioner to determine her own schedule. As far as I am aware, she has not requested to visit Manston. I have no objection to her doing so, but that…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingHaving worked with my hon. Friend on a range of issues, I know how deeply and thoughtfully he addresses the issues in Blackpool. I appreciate that Blackpool is one of the areas…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI read the former Member’s article in The Daily Telegraph , and he made a number of important points. Above all, he made the point that public concern about the level of migration…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI thank the right hon. Gentleman for those suggestions; I will bear them in mind. I respectfully disagree about whether those individuals who are destined to be removed from the…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingIt is important that we recognise what the United Kingdom is actually doing. The vast majority of those who arrive at Manston have literally had their life saved by the UK. The…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI have no reason to believe that the Home Secretary has misled the House. The Home Secretary was advised that we needed to procure more hotels, and we have procured more…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The work that has been done over the past year by this Government, supported by local authorities and tens of thousands of our fellow citizens,…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingThere is already a community sponsorship scheme available for community groups that want to bring refugees to the United Kingdom and care for them appropriately. I would like to…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingIt is not the convention for the Government to publish legal advice, but I have made it clear today and in other public appearances that it is absolutely essential that Manston,…07 Nov 2022