Unfair to say locals were not consulted on asylum barracks plan – Alexander

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It is unfair to suggest that locals were not consulted by the UK Government on plans to house 300 asylum seekers at a barracks in the Highlands, the Scottish Secretary has said.

Douglas Alexander told a Westminster committee the Home Office had consulted the Scottish Government as well as “a range of local organisations” on the plans in advance of them being made public.