MPs Vote on Controversial Bicester Asylum Centre Plans
Labour MPs defeated a Conservative motion as ministers said the site could house 1,256 men with 24/7 security and CCTV.
- On Wednesday, the House of Commons defeated a Conservative motion to halt government plans to house 1,256 male asylum seekers at the former MoD Bicester site, with Piddington residents watching from the public gallery.
- Earlier, Piddington women wrote to MPs warning that "life as we know it will be destroyed," a lobbying effort that helped elevate the local dispute to a national issue.
- Women and Equalities Minister Anna Turley cited "24/7 specialist security" and stated similar sites have "operated for years" without increased criminality, though critics warned the site creates safeguarding risks for local women and children.
- Bicester and Woodstock MP Calum Miller accused the Conservative party of "playing party politics with our local issue," arguing that leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would "weaken vital protections for British citizens."
- Following the vote, Piddington resident Jo Haw-Cook described the village's stance as "apolitical," emphasizing that residents remain concerned by the site's size and disproportionate impact.
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MPs vote on controversial Bicester asylum centre plans
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A group of Piddington women fighting against plans to house migrants in an old RAF base have descended on Westminster ahead of Parliament's debate.Residents in the sleepy Oxfordshire village held a symbolic referendum last month to leave the UK in protest at a Home Office plan to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers at the nearby former MoD Bicester.The women of the village, which has a female population around 133, raised concerns over the und…
Piddington Women Take Fight to Parliament Over Plan to House 1,256 Male Asylum Seekers Near Their Village
Women from the Oxfordshire village of Piddington have taken their opposition to a proposed asylum accommodation site directly to Parliament, urging politicians to listen to their concerns about community safety and the future of their village. The group travelled to the House of Commons on Wednesday as MPs debated plans to accommodate 1,256 male asylum […]
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