Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jonathan Brash and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 24th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

For the final question, Jonathan Brash.

[Mr Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool) (Lab)]

Dispersal accommodation for asylum is unevenly distributed across the country. In Hartlepool, we support 50 asylum seekers per 10,000 in the population, yet a few miles up the road, the neighbouring local authority supports seven per 10,000, with local authorities elsewhere in the country hosting none. Does the Minister agree that this is unfair, and that, as we bring the numbers down, we must evenly distribute support for asylum seekers across the areas?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jonathan Brash and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 13th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Dave Doogan—not here.

[Mr Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool) (Lab)]

My constituent Kevin Stephenson and many other people in Hartlepool have complained about the shocking underperformance of Northern Rail. He has witnessed passengers being asked to wait in toilets in order to allow more people on to trains. Services are frequently cancelled, promises of additional carriages have not materialised, and residents are regularly left stranded at stations. Will the Minister work with me to fix the unacceptable level of service?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jonathan Brash and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 10th September 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Brash]

Hartlepool’s court building has stood empty since 2017, after it was mothballed by the then Conservative Government. Will my hon. Friend investigate the potential for reopening Hartlepool’s court as part of our efforts to expand capacity and clear the backlog, and will she meet me to discuss the issue further?

[Mr Speaker]

You might want to reopen Chorley court, which is also empty.