Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Andrew Mitchell Excerpts
Monday 13th January 2025

(2 days, 11 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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I certainly will. We should also remember the £60 million the Conservative party wasted on RAF Scampton and the £15 million on a derelict, asbestos-ridden former prison in Bexhill. We will not take any lessons from Conservative Members about value for money in Government expenditure.

Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) (Con)
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In the royal town of Sutton Coldfield, we understand that we must do our bit to help house asylum seekers, but the Ramada hotel on Penns Lane has always been the wrong place because it is too far away from inner-city Birmingham-based services. Under the last Government, the facility was slated for closure, so will the Minister look urgently at winding it down and closing it as soon as possible?

Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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It is our intention to close all asylum hotels as soon as possible, once we deal with the backlog that we inherited from the Conservative party.