Immigration: Detention of Pregnant Women Debate
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Baroness Gardner of Parkes
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Immigration: Detention of Pregnant Women
Baroness Gardner of Parkes Excerpts(7 years, 11 months ago)
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Lord Keen of Elie
There is a clear and unambiguous presumption against the detention of pregnant women.
Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con)
Can the Minister assure us that these pregnant women will have adequate access to full medical care at any time that it is needed?
Lord Keen of Elie
It is intended that even before a pregnant woman is detained, her welfare will be taken into consideration. Consideration of her welfare will include the question of whether adequate facilities are available to that woman if she is detained. In the event of detention in an immigration centre such as Yarl’s Wood, there are adequate facilities to deal with pregnant women.