John Lamont
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(3 weeks, 3 days ago)
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Dame Angela Eagle
I understand the heightened anxiety among Syrian asylum seekers, but the Home Office relies on the country information in order to make decisions on whether particular people need protection, and that information is currently in the middle of quite profound change. When we are in a position to make decisions against new, more up-to-date information, we will certainly do so. I hope the Syrian community will be patient and not too anxious about the pause currently in place.
John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Con)
How many hotels in Scotland are used to house asylum seekers?
Dame Angela Eagle
We do not comment on where hotels are, but I can tell the hon. Gentleman that there are 216 hotels across the whole country. We will be getting those numbers down as quickly as we can.