Asylum Hotels and Illegal Channel Crossings Debate

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Department: Home Office

Asylum Hotels and Illegal Channel Crossings

Tony Vaughan Excerpts
Tuesday 25th March 2025

(1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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I am not going to comment on leaks.

Tony Vaughan Portrait Tony Vaughan (Folkestone and Hythe) (Lab)
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I welcome the decision to close Napier barracks in my constituency, where there have been long-standing concerns about conditions, among other issues. What assurances can the Minister give my constituents, as well as those being held there, that this site will be operated properly until it closes in September?

Angela Eagle Portrait Dame Angela Eagle
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If my hon. and learned Friend wants to talk to me about any of the details, I would be happy to listen, but of course we want to operate that site properly and appropriately until we hand it back to the Ministry of Defence in September.