Lindsay Hoyle
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Child Refugees: Age Checks
Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts(8 years ago)
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Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) (SNP)
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—
Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
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?
Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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?