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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Baldry (Conservative), on Tuesday, 10 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.


BICESTER ASYLUM CENTRE

That this House is concerned that the Home Office has paid ??12.5 million in compensation to GSL Ltd because the accommodation centre for asylum seekers at Bicester did not go ahead; is concerned given that GSL was not obliged to purchase land and did nothing whatsoever on the site, that compensation was paid and by the amount of taxpayers' money thrown away on this project, this ??12.5 million being in addition to the ??18 million the Government has already admitted has been spent on this project; and calls on the National Audit Office to carry out a full investigation.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1339 
Session
2005-06
Other sponsors
Harry Cohen
Peter Bottomley
Bob Spink
Gregory Campbell
Nigel Evans
Subjects
Asylum Housing Expenditure Bicester
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk