UK Borders Bill

I hesitate to interrupt the noble Earl’s flow, but Section 9 does not apply during the early part of the process. It does not apply until we are well past the decision being made. I really do not want it to be felt that somehow we are treating families—children in particular—at all adversely, for most of the time; in fact for nearly all of the time, because the law does not allow us to do so. I urge noble colleagues to apply some precision to the debate.