Immigration: Asylum Support Office Question Asked by Lord Dykes To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to establish the new European Asylum Support Office approved by the European Council last autumn. [HL1196] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead) The setting up of the European Asylum Support Office will fall initially to the European Commission, but the Government will co-operate closely with the Commission to ensure that the office is able to start work in its host country of Malta as soon as possible.