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Immigration Bill

Proceeding contribution from Earl of Sandwich (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 3 April 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on speaking so powerfully on behalf of a vulnerable group. This is an important amendment. I spoke on this issue at Second Reading and I am sorry to have missed the Committee stage, when I think the noble Earl, Lord Howe, gave another response, but I am still not satisfied that the Government have taken a serious interest in this. When I spoke at Second Reading the report of Médecins du Monde seemed to me very compelling. Has the Minister seen it? The noble Baroness quoted several authorities and I will not repeat them but I think this has serious consequences, not only for that group but for the population at large, especially in the field of mental health.

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Reference

753 c1100 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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