I am sorry, but the lawyers behind this are very clear that these are completely separate legal points. The people who appealed the Court of Appeal’s judgment were not appealing in relation to the best interests of the child. The Government accepted the best interests of the child judgment a year ago. Why do we still not have the best interests review? As the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said, surely the Government should have acted immediately once they accepted that it was unlawful to charge this fee without taking account of the best interests of the child.
Nationality and Borders Bill
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 27 January 2022.
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and
Debate on bills on Nationality and Borders Bill.
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