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Illegal Migration Bill

Again, I mentioned the inspection regime which is presently under discussion and the same applies: this matter is still subject to negotiation.

The subsections which Amendment 80A seeks to omit are a necessary corollary of the power in Clause 3 to make arrangements for the removal of an unaccompanied child. It may be, for example, that an unaccompanied child is in the care of a local authority but, after a period of weeks, a parent has been located back in the country of origin, and arrangements are made to reunite child and parent. Ahead of their return to the home country, it may be appropriate for the child to come into Home Office-provided accommodation for a short period, pending their return home. This would naturally be preferable to detention of the child, which may be the alternative. As I said a moment ago, and I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Murray for the direction, we are still working through the operational processes relating to unaccompanied children and the circumstances in which we will use the power in these subsections.

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Reference

830 c1553 

Session

2022-23

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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