• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

I'm just wondering if these new proposed reforms regarding asylum seekers are actually going to have much of an impact. There is talk now of different holding facilities and that could have an impact on whether or not we actually need the centralised, exclusive facility that's been discussed.

• Question by: Trevor Phillips
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

You referred to it in passing Toby, but I wonder if you could say a little bit more about the current situation and the practice of referring failed asylum seekers to the nearest police station, about the costs of that, or disadvantages of that, to the MPS.

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

It's obviously going to cost us a lot more to actually take the failed asylum seekers across London and to use the exclusive facility you are talking about. Have those costs been fully explored and is the Home Secretary prepared to pay them?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

You may not have these figures, but do you know how many failed asylum seekers are being detained on a weekly basis at the moment? Has it increased beyond the ten that was the average until recently?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

I'm just wondering if these new proposed reforms regarding asylum seekers are actually going to have much of an impact. There is talk now of different holding facilities and that could have an impact on whether or not we actually need the centralised, exclusive facility that's been discussed.

• Question by: Trevor Phillips
• Meeting date: 12 December 2001

You referred to it in passing Toby, but I wonder if you could say a little bit more about the current situation and the practice of referring failed asylum seekers to the nearest police station, about the costs of that, or disadvantages of that, to the MPS.

• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

Are the FA committed to London or Birmingham?

• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

Thank you for that. While I very much welcome the meeting that was held yesterday, I am somewhat perturbed to recall that Graham Tope asked you what was happening about this project back in November, and the first time we had reports of a meeting was yesterday. It seems that there is a real danger that this is going to fall through a massive crack somewhere, and that London will lose the prospect of having this stadium because of the problems among the Government, the FA and various others involved in the project. Can you assure us that, from now...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

If Picketts Lock does get into trouble, do you think that Crystal Palace - now thankfully freed from the recent awful proposals - could be a useful alternative reserve for the 2005 championships?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 May 2001

I will take your answer to Louise as the answer to my question, which demonstrates cross-party support on and commitment to this issue. I certainly agree with Louise that there are concerns, certainly among Members of the Cultural Strategy Group, that the issue has not been high on your agenda. We appreciate that you have had other things to do, but will you confirm what you said to me in a recent conversation - that, as soon as you get more time, in a couple of months - you will be spending more time on issues like Wembley stadium and...