Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: Reopening
Debate between Jack Rankin and John Hayes(1 month ago)
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Jack Rankin (Windsor) (Con)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the matter of re-opening hotels for asylum seeker accommodation.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John, and a privilege to speak in this Chamber on an issue that is important to the British public and that needs to be urgently addressed by the Government. It is great to see that colleagues from both sides of the House have made time to discuss an issue that is emblematic of the failure in our current immigration system. The failure is, I concede, one of both sides, but it is worsening under the latest Government.
This issue cuts through to the public because it is so visible. These are not—
Sir John Hayes (in the Chair)
Order. I am sorry, but there are Divisions in the House. We will suspend for 15 minutes for the first Division and an additional 10 minutes for each further Division. There are to be three Divisions, so we will return in 35 minutes.
Sir John Hayes (in the Chair)
The sitting is now resumed and can continue until 6.5 pm. I will call the Front Benchers to speak at 5.43 pm.
Jack Rankin
It is a privilege to speak on an issue that I know is important to the British public and needs to be urgently addressed by the Government. It is great to see colleagues here from all sides of the House.