Asked by: Steve Race (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to end the use of hotel accommodation for women and girls seeking asylum.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
We are working to fix the asylum system, clearing the backlog to reduce demand on accommodation and ending the use of hotels, including for women and girls.
Asked by: Steve Race (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the criminal exploitation of children.
Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Government is committed to preventing young people being lured into crime, drugs and criminal gangs. We will deliver on our Manifesto commitment and have already committed to bring forward new legislation to strengthen the law to tackle child criminal exploitation.