speaker, there are 600 and 80 people seeking asylum in rochdale.more than the entire southeast of england. we are all proud of the assistance we offer those people in need. but public services in rochdale are already stretched and asylum-seekers are not helping the situation. does the prime minister except that this is not fair on rochdale and what does he plan to do about it? pm cameron: i think the gentleman is totally right to raise this issue. the number asylum seekers is down by a 1/3. what we have done is we are fast tracking more cases, resolving cases more quickly. but i have to say to him that the legislation governing the distribution of asylum-seekers with something that was put in place under the last labour government. i have been following what the honorable gentleman has been saying. he said very good dispatches from the front, knocking on doors in rochdale. he said that any labor politician that says do you, they knock on the door and say ed miliband is popular, they are telling lies. this north london is the view of the world just