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Written Question
Asylum: Havering
Thursday 10th October 2024

Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 29 July 2024.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

No new hotels have been commissioned to accommodate asylum seekers in the London Borough of Havering in this period. The Home Office keeps its accommodation estate under constant review.

The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly. This includes our accommodation sites, as we continue to identify a range of options to end the use of hotels to accommodate destitute asylum seekers.

Written Question
Asylum: Hotels
Monday 29th July 2024

Asked by: Julia Lopez (Conservative - Hornchurch and Upminster)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of any hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

No new hotels have been commissioned to accommodate asylum seekers in the London Borough of Havering in this period.

The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly. This includes our accommodation sites, as we continue to identify a range of options to end the use of hotels to accommodate destitute asylum seekers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Sep 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"17. What progress she has made on recruiting additional police officers in the London region. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Sep 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"In his most recent letter to me, Mayor Khan admitted that the Met police now has more officers than at any time in its history thanks to the national uplift under this Home Secretary. He has also confirmed that he will push ahead with plans to sell Hornchurch police station, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2019
Far-right Violence and Online Extremism

"As the Minister is aware, I was a councillor in Tower Hamlets at a time when young schoolchildren were groomed to go to Syria and we had far-right marches going through the borough. It was clear from my time as a councillor just how important Prevent is for giving children …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Knife Crime

"As I regrettably advised the House earlier today, on Friday night, 17-year-old Jodie Chesney was murdered in my constituency. She was a bright, beautiful and kind young woman and she did not deserve to die in this way. The public are losing faith in our ability to control our streets …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Jan 2019
Knife Crime

"I had not expected to be called so early, Ms Buck, so I have rather been taken by surprise. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (John Cryer) for securing this important and timely debate. He is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Jan 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"I was fortunate enough to speak in the first attempt at this debate, so I shall try not to repeat myself. None the less, the events of the past week lead me to recall again the terrible sense of dread I felt last summer as I looked upon this Chamber …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill (Fourth sitting)

"I also share the concerns on home education—as the Minister will know, because I have expressed them to him personally. I wonder whether, at the very least, an amendment could be tabled that would exclude from home educating any household of which a member has been convicted of a terrorist …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill (Fifth sitting)

"It is extremely dangerous in debates like this to talk about the Muslim community as if it has a single viewpoint...."
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