Refugees and Asylum Seekers Debate

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Department: Home Office

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Excerpts
Monday 28th February 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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I commend so much what the noble Lord has said. At the heart of any Government with a heart will be those children who are displaced.

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Portrait Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab)
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My Lords, in an earlier answer the Minister asserted, no doubt rightly, that the Government had consulted with the UNHCR, and by implication with other people, before bringing forward the legislation we are to consider later today. Can she give the House any examples of ways in which the Government’s original intentions for this legislation were changed or modified as a result of those consultations?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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Obviously, I will not go into the details of individual conversations, but we consulted with the UNHCR, as would be expected. Clearly, we did not come to the same conclusion as the UNHCR.