Clause 18 - Dependant: definition
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith, Labour/Co-operative)
Does my hon. Friend accept that the amendment as drafted allows no flexibility in how the children of asylum seekers are educated or supported? It would be a different situation if the location of an accommodation centre was such that it would be difficult for a local authority to provide education or other facilities, or if only two or three children required such services. Would not there be merit in allowing some flexibility in the system, so that an authority could provide such facilities if it were able to do so?