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Lord Davies of Gower (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 July 2025

Debate

Asylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal Activity

Contribution

My Lords, the situation in Epping is already being woefully managed. The police have admitted escorting pro-migrant demonstrators to an asylum hotel, having previously denied having done so, and we know that there have been concerning incidents of violent behaviour. Further and larger protests are expected this weekend, and they have already spread from Epping to London following claims that migrants are being put up in a hotel in Canary Wharf. We on these Benches are clear that violence and disorder on our streets are always unacceptable, so what urgent steps are the Government taking, in conjunction with the police, to make sure that we do not see a return to the violence of last summer? How will the Minister and his colleagues ensure that misinformation, which could cause and inflame unrest, does not prevail?

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