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Peter Lamb

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Speaker’s Statement
Monday 2nd June 2025

(4 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Peter Lamb Portrait Peter Lamb (Crawley) (Lab)
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T3. Crawley is home to the Tinsley House and Brook House immigration removal centres, and their associated scandal. What consideration is being given to the Home Affairs Committee’s inquiry into immigration detention, including ending the use of such centres for indefinite detention?

Angela Eagle Portrait The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Dame Angela Eagle)
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Immigration centres are not used for indefinite detention. We can only keep anyone in detention in an immigration centre if there is a reasonable prospect of their removal. If there is not, they have to be released.

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