European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill Debate
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Alison Thewliss
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European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
Alison Thewliss ExcerptsWednesday 22nd January 2020
(4 years, 3 months ago)
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Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP)
Many of my constituents have been in touch with me, including Kirsty, who told me that her granddad was forced out of Czechoslovakia as a child after world war two and came to the UK as a refugee, where he was reunited with his parents. Many of my constituents have experience of that family reunion, and they, too, do not understand why the Government would want to row back on it. Does the hon. Lady agree that the Government really must change their mind?
Thangam Debbonaire
I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. It is clearly important to put on the record again that we are talking about reuniting children with an adult relative who is here legally. We are not talking about people who have no right to be here; we are talking about protecting the requirement to negotiate that. We really, really ask the Government to think again, and if they do not, we will vote against the motion.