Due to the lack of transparency, information and accountability to Crowborough residents, I wrote to the Home Affairs Select Committee to request an inquiry into both the Home Office’s and Wealden District Council’s roles in the repurposing of Crowborough Training Camp as asylum seeker accommodation and the removal of the Cadets blue light services.
On Wednesday 25th March, Dame Karen Bradley MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee wrote to Nusrat to confirm that they have written to Wealden District and accommodation providers to request further information.
My statement “We just want accurate and consistent answers to what has happened in Crowborough, how long we can expect the Home Office to use the site, and what resources we can secure to help Crowborough and surrounding areas.
"It is a great positive result to have the heavyweight Home Affairs Select Committee engaged in what has transpired in Crowborough. This level of scrutiny is appropriate especially as the Home Office are yet to share how the site is safe, legal and compliant or long term plans to support the Cadets and other blue light services who have been ejected from the site.
"More importantly, where local Crowborough Councillor's and Wealden District Council leadership haven’t stepped up and refused to engage with the local community and elected officials, they will now have to respond to the Committee."
17 June 2026
My letter to Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
9 June 2026
Select Committee Evidence Session
On the 9 June the Home Affairs Select Committee conducted their evidence session in Parliament. To watch the session click on the link below
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7a1ac263-5829-465e-a13c-2653fe376de4
During the session, MPs heard from; Steve Lakey (Managing Director at Clearsprings Ready Homes), Clare Pearson (Group Operations Director at Clearspring Ready Homes), Kath Wilson (Group Compliance Director at Clearspring Ready Homes), Alex Norris MP (Minister for Border Security and Asylum), Becca Jones (Director of Asylum Support and Transformation at the Home Office), and Andrew Larter (Asylum Accommodation Delivery Director at the Home Office)
25 March 2026
Response from Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Committee
23 February 2026
My letter to Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Committee
