I commend the hon. Gentleman for all the remarks that he has just made. I, too, have visited many camps and spoken to unaccompanied child refugees. Does he agree that the case he is making serves as a reminder that our acting honourably and decently, as a country and a continent, does not constitute a pull factor—we are simply responding to the push factor of the appalling circumstances from which those people are fleeing?
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Tim Farron
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 December 2017.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
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