Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: Site Visits - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 12:39 pm on 16 March 2021.

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Photo of Baroness Warsi Baroness Warsi Conservative 12:39, 16 March 2021

My Lords, my noble friend has a difficult task today because he will be aware that this issue was raised by noble Lords on 11 February, when we were told that the accommodation was

“safe, warm, fit for purpose”.—[Official Report, 11/2/21; col. 489]

It is clear from the latest findings of the ICIBI that this is not the case. What is the Government’s response now in relation to the findings about what is actually going on in these barracks? Serious safeguarding concerns have been raised, specifically in relation to people who have self-harmed and those at high risk of doing so who have been relocated to accommodation that is unfit for human habitation.