Clause 7 — Failed asylum seekers: withdrawal of support

Part of Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:30 pm on 1 March 2004.

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Photo of Mr Hilton Dawson Mr Hilton Dawson Labour, Lancaster and Wyre 5:30, 1 March 2004

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing that appalling matter to the House's attention. Any reasonable person reflecting on the issue will view it as an attempt wholly to undermine the Hillingdon judgment, which stated that young asylum seekers who had received benefits under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 would, on attaining adulthood, be eligible for support under the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000.