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Fri 21st Oct 2016

Child Refugees: Age Checks

Debate between Angela Crawley and Robert Goodwill
Friday 21st October 2016

(8 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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We are working very closely with the French Government, and where resources are needed we are ensuring that we can help wherever we can. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has met her opposite number on a number of occasions. We are working very closely with the French. It is in our common interests to ensure that the camp is cleared—not just because of the people there, but because of the pull factor that it has for people who may be thinking about making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.

Angela Crawley Portrait Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) (SNP)
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I welcome the measured approach that the Minister has taken in his response and seriously question the integrity of the hon. Member on the Back Benches who had the audacity to question the statistically—