Border Security and Asylum

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:45 pm on 22 July 2024.

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Photo of Oliver Ryan Oliver Ryan Labour/Co-operative, Burnley 3:45, 22 July 2024

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. The people of Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield want to see these crossings stopped and these gangs smashed, and they will welcome her tough action today. Because of the previous Government’s complete failure to control our borders, they spent millions of pounds a week on asylum hotels. What will she do to speed up the processing of people in these hotels and end their use?