Part of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Committee (5th Day) – in the House of Lords at 10:30 pm on 8 September 2025.
Baroness Neuberger
Crossbench
10:30,
8 September 2025
I thank the Minister for his reply. That is what we wanted to hear, and I very much hope we might have informal discussions before that comes to Parliament. Like some of the stuff more generally about age assessment, the meeting with the Minister was hugely helpful.
I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. The noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, will not be entirely surprised to hear I do not wholly agree with him. The point I was trying to make is that it is worse for a child to be in adult accommodation than for an adult to be in child accommodation. That is the point we ought to take most seriously.
At this late hour, let us leave it at that. With the Committee’s leave, I beg leave to withdraw the Amendment.
Amendment 162 withdrawn.
Amendment 163 not moved.
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Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
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