Child Refugees: Age Checks Debate

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Department: Home Office

Child Refugees: Age Checks

Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts
Friday 21st October 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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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—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
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Order. The hon. Lady should not question the hon. Gentleman’s integrity. We all have integrity in this House, and we are not going to change that. Minister, do you want to pick something out of that?

Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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indicated dissent.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Deputy Speaker
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If not, we will move on.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the information he has given the House this morning. When the child refugees are being admitted because they have family ties in the UK, are checks made with their families here if there are any doubts about their ages? Are the Government keeping a record of the ages of all the children being admitted, and will that be published?