Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel Accommodation

I absolutely agree. I will elaborate on this, but it is our moral and legal duty to assume respon...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on obtaining the debate and doing the research beforehand. What is h...

I agree entirely. That has certainly been the experience of the many different organisations that...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on obtaining the debate. Further to the intervention by the hon. Mem...

I was looking at a contribution by the Local Government Association, which I believe operates onl...

Order. The debate can last until 5.57 pm. I am obliged to begin calling the Front Benchers no lat...

Thank you, Mr Hollobone, for calling me to speak; it is not often that I get called first, so thi...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hollobone. It is a particular pleasure to foll...

After the hon. Lady’s debate, I invited her to visit the hotel in Hove that she says she is profo...

I am delighted to take that intervention because, alongside the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle)...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for Edin...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for Edin...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edi...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hollobone. I thank all hon. Members for their ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I will come first to the points ...

Will the Minister give way on that point?

I will make the point, please. I have listened to the comments that were made earlier.

With...

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I will not give way. What I saw when I visited the hotel was security guards, social workers, and...

Order. The Minister heard the debate in its entirety with courtesy. I want the Minister to be hea...

Thank you, Mr Hollobone. It is important that we approach this debate in the spirit not of postur...

Will the Minister clarify whether, if he goes ahead and uses the Stradey Park Hotel in my constit...

As far as I am aware, we do not intend to use that location for unaccompanied children. I will co...

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way briefly to the hon. Gentleman, but I must wrap up soon, because we have only a fe...

Order. Before the hon. Gentleman intervenes, I should say that the Minister has two minutes left....

The Minister says he met staff and officials. Did he meet any of the children? Did he look any of...

Well, I regret giving way. I thought that the hon. Gentleman wanted to make a serious point; sadl...

Will the Minister give way?

I cannot, because I have to bring my remarks to a close.

The purpose of the Illegal Migrati...

On the hotels, will the Minister give way?

I cannot give way because there is no time left.

We do that by beating the people smugglers...

I am glad that I was able to secure the debate. I was outraged to hear about those missing childr...