Of course you are. There is a Select Committee report on this, if the Minister cares to look at that. I well understand his explanation of what the BID document is about; I have no difficulty with that. The implication of that document for people who may require certain services and the danger of that particular approach is relevant in the cases that my noble friend has identified. It is no good saying that we cannot deal with individual cases. In a previous debate, we discussed the case of a woman with a little baby who was arrested and detained and the baby did not have access to the mother’s milk. Those are the sorts of cases that hit us hard. I do not say that the Minister deliberately creates that situation. The fact that the Select Committee has identified issues of serious concern means that it is right and proper for the Minister to look at that implication in relation to this particular issue.
UK Borders Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Dholakia
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 5 July 2007.
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Committee proceeding on UK Borders Bill.
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