Business of the House

Yuan Yang Excerpts

Thursday 23rd October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Sir Alan Campbell]

I am sure that Minister will have heard the hon. Gentleman’s concerns. A meeting might be appropriate or, indeed, he may wish to raise it through an Adjournment debate on the Floor of the House. It is a timely topic.

[Yuan Yang (Earley and Woodley) (Lab)]

I have heard from local residents, as well as local refugee charities in Reading, who are all calling for the use of hotels to house asylum seekers to end as soon as possible. That practice began five years ago as a result of the previous Government’s irresponsible build-up of the backlog of claims. Will the Leader of the House set aside time for the Government to update us on the progress that they have already made to speed up claims processing, as well as to set out the timeline for closing down hotels such as the one in my constituency?

[Sir Alan Campbell]

As my hon. Friend says, we inherited a broken system. We are working as fast as we can to close all asylum hotels as quickly as is practicable. We have already halved the number open, and I encourage her to raise this particular case at the next Home Office questions. In the meantime, I will make Ministers aware of the matter.