Oral Answers to Questions

Caroline Dinenage Excerpts

Monday 8th September 2025 Commons Chamber

[Al Carns]

I completely empathise with that veteran. I am more than happy to sit down and talk through the pros of that treatment, and to see if we can expand it further.

[Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con)]

Fort Blockhouse in Gosport was due to have been sold by 2024, but the deadline keeps moving. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has not been at all proactive; this giant site sits empty, doing nothing for the MOD, taxpayers or the local economy. First Reform and then the Government have suggested that sites like Blockhouse will be used for asylum accommodation. Gosport deserves so much better. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss a much more innovative future for this important—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I have a lot of sympathy, but please —we have to be a bit quicker; otherwise, nobody else will get in.