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Caroline Dinenage MP: speeches

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Speeches

  • 29 Jun 2026 · Asylum Accommodation · Hansard source
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    The Minister spoke about necessary arrangements and approvals being followed, but the Haslar immigration removal centre proposals are meaningfully different from those originally planned. The Home Office is bypassing the local planning authority, Gosport borough council, and the public consultation has been utterly derisory. This is a residential urban area, yet local people do not have any opportunity to have a say, because it will be decided by the Secretary of State in Whitehall. Leaving aside all the rhetoric, can the Minister just answer some straight questions? Will he set out exactly how many people will now be housed at Haslar, who they will be and how long they will stay there? What opportunity will neighbouring residents have to influence the development and how it looks? When will the Home Office have proper public meetings, so that Gosport people can put their questions and have them answered? Will he meet me to answer all the other questions I am getting from my residents, who are furious about what the Government are doing?

  • 8 Sept 2025 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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    Fort Blockhouse in Gosport was due to have been sold by 2024, but the deadline keeps moving. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has not been at all proactive; this giant site sits empty, doing nothing for the MOD, taxpayers or the local economy. First Reform and then the Government have suggested that sites like Blockhouse will be used for asylum accommodation. Gosport deserves so much better. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss a much more innovative future for this important—

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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 10Communities and local government10Culture, media and sport: 27Culture, media and sport27Defence and foreign affairs: 12Defence and foreign affairs12Democracy and constitution: 6Democracy and constitution6Economy and business: 28Economy and business28Education and skills: 12Education and skills12Environment and energy: 2Environment and energy2Health and care: 6Health and care6Housing and planning: 9Housing and planning9Immigration and borders: 2Immigration and borders2Justice and policing: 10Justice and policing10Social security and pensions: 2Social security and pensions2Transport: 2Transport2Unclassified: 7Unclassified7
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government10
Culture, media and sport27
Defence and foreign affairs12
Democracy and constitution6
Economy and business28
Education and skills12
Environment and energy2
Health and care6
Housing and planning9
Immigration and borders2
Justice and policing10
Social security and pensions2
Transport2
Unclassified7

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