Former Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: Reports Debate
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
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Former Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: Reports
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
My Lords, the Government got confused and in a bit of a mess about assessing the age of many people coming into the country. Further to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, how can the Government be sure that the number of primary school-age children is accurate, according to their judgment?
Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)
As the noble Baroness will be aware, there are a number of different views on this. Age assessments go both ways. I was reading of a case earlier where a number of children requested that one of their number who had been imposed on them be looked into because the said person was significantly older than he appeared to be, and that was found to be the case. It works both ways.