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HANSARDAsylum 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 SafeguardingI certainly hope that is the case. As I said, my first priority was to ensure that Manston was operating in a legally compliant and decent manner. The second priority is to ensure…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingThe UK is not involved in pushbacks at sea; we uphold our international obligations in that respect. It is a right for an individual to claim asylum. We want a system whereby…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend so we can discuss the issue and he can represent the views of his constituents. I can inform the House that I have agreed with my…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 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 SafeguardingMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and for that reason I went with my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mrs Elphicke) to meet her constituents on Friday morning. They have…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingIf the hon. Lady has specific and, what sound like, serious allegations, I would be very happy to look into them for her. As I said in answer to the question of the hon. Member…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy right hon. Friend makes a number of important points. Part of our plan to exit the hotels is to ensure a fair dispersal around the country. That means every local authority in…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 SafeguardingAs far as I am aware, the small group of individuals who were left at Victoria station were all adults. There were no children, but I will happily stand corrected and write to the…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingI, too, was disturbed to see images of the Stoke Rochford Hall Hotel, which is a luxurious setting and not the kind of hotel in which we want to see individuals being…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingAs I said in answer to an earlier question, we are working hard now to accelerate decision making so that individuals can either be granted asylum or be removed from the country.…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingMy hon. Friend and I have spent many happy hours in Stocksbridge and I want to see the Government investing even more in her community. She is right to say that it is an…07 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers Accommodation and SafeguardingThe Government’s objective is to ensure that nobody stays at Manston for more than 24 hours, but we have to balance up competing legal duties. We also have to be cognisant of the…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 2022