UK Borders Bill

The noble Earl is being very generous to my noble friend, if I may be forgiven for saying so. One has to distinguish between intentions and perceptions. What I am worried about is the perception of the child—and this has been emphasised by other noble Lords. What is all this about? It could not have been put better than in paragraph 54 of Planning Better Outcomes and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, which stated: "““Restrictions on the use of limited leave will also narrow the scope to make further applications and appeals post 18. This will mean that they are liable to enforced return immediately on turning 18””." That is the reality that we are dealing with. We are looking at all this in the context of that. Whatever my noble friend’s intentions are, I urge him, when he goes away from these deliberations before Report, to think very deeply about just how this is seen by the young people themselves and what its consequences will be in reality.