Refugees (Family Reunion) (No.2) Bill

Debate between Angus Brendan MacNeil and Nigel Huddleston

2nd reading: House of Commons
Friday 16th March 2018 Commons Chamber

[Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)]

The hon. Gentleman is making many valid points. Like everybody in this House, I have been lobbied on this Bill by constituents—both for and against. It is important that we keep the right tone here; accusing people of an “empathy bypass” because they have a different understanding or different belief about the best way of helping people is probably something we can avoid in this debate. If we do that, we will have a great degree of support for the end goals.

[Angus Brendan MacNeil]

Let us hope we see that support coming to fruition, and I look forward to seeing the hon. Gentleman with us in the Lobby at some stage today—we would be grateful for that. There can indeed be many ways of approaching things and perhaps all of us need to learn a bit more about the subject, in all manner of ways. But it is very difficult to be arguing against enabling people to leave a refugee camp to join family and relatives.