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HANSARDAsylum HotelsWe should already recognise that the action on law enforcement, particularly the co-operation with our colleagues in France and Germany, has led to the confiscation of kit that…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyWe already do safe country reviews, and we would seek to continue that. Those reviews, and our position on different countries, are publicly available; in fact, most pass through…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyAll the measures in the asylum policy statement are compliant with the Windsor framework.17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI absolutely agree about the contribution that migrants and refugees make to our country. I am making these reforms precisely because I can see a broken system that is creating…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum HotelsSo far, the amount that has been recouped by this Government is £74 million, of which £46 million is excess profit and the remainder is service charges or service credit and VAT.…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI should not be surprised to see the hon. Gentleman indulging in misinformation. In my statement I gave the example of somebody who has £800 a month from their family, has enough…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI will clarify a point of fact. The hon. Member said that I describe myself as a child of immigrants. It is not a description; it is just a statement of fact. Everything else she…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyThe Government always play their full part in peace processes wherever we can, and we have put our shoulder to the wheel on the delicate diplomatic efforts required to bring…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyWe are already supposed to do safe country reviews, and we will ensure that they are done every two-and-a-half years. We will also ensure that wherever possible refugees can move…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI thank my hon. Friend for his two questions. Let me assure him that we already run a dispersal model that is designed to ensure that the burden is spread out across the country,…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyWhat I think is dividing our country, and communities all over it, is an unfair, out-of-control system that is putting pressure on communities across the whole nation. It is…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I endorse every word that he said.17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI thank my hon. Friend for her comments and her question. Let me assure her that I know that the way to build public confidence in the new system is not just to announce the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Fixing this broken system is a moral mission for me, because I do not believe that we can look the other way and pretend that it is just…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI agree with every word my hon. Friend said. Fairness and contribution are Labour values and British values, and they underpin the totality of these reforms.17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyIt is this Government who are exiting hotels. We will do so—it is a manifesto commitment —by the end of the Parliament, and I intend to bring that forward as much as possible. Let…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI can assure my hon. Friend that we are engaging in intense law enforcement work through the National Crime Agency, and we are working collaboratively with our partners in Europe,…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI would hope that we can move very quickly indeed. As I have said, though, we will do so as we restore order and control to the broken system that we have. To be candid with the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyI do not think the data relating to the Strasbourg Court is necessarily reflective of what we are seeing in our own courts here at home. My hon. Friend knows that article 8 is a…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I endorse every word that she said.17 Nov 2025