00:00So we've made a manifesto commitment that we will close every single one of the asylum hotels that we inherited
00:05from the last government.
00:06We've roughly closed half of those that we inherited already.
00:10But providing surplus MOD sites to the Home Office is the way that the government is seeking to close more
00:17asylum hotels faster.
00:19Now, we recognise that the community around MOD Biceta have strong views on this.
00:24That's why the Home Office is engaging with them.
00:27But where we've seen the Home Office use large sites such as that Wethersfield, we haven't seen the real world
00:34experience, the reality, matching the concerns that we're hearing from the people of Piddington.
00:40But that's why proper engagement with them is so important.
00:44And that's what the Home Office is undertaking.
