Wednesday 23rd October 2019

(5 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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I agree about the dangers of the recruitment of children and the dangers of them being left. I hope that I made clear in my response to the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, some of the things we are trying to do to ensure that children who are British citizens are returned home safely. We absolutely recognise the real danger and that is why urgent conversations are going on, some of which I simply cannot discuss at the Dispatch Box.

Baroness Sheehan Portrait Baroness Sheehan (LD)
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My Lords, if the Government propose to take only British children and not their British mothers, what assessment have they made of the probable fate of those mothers?