Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Tim Loughton Excerpts
Monday 11th January 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I do not recognise the length of time the hon. Lady suggests the process takes. We work very closely with the French authorities, but let us bear it in mind that those children are in camps in France, which is part of the European Union. It is important that they are processed properly in that sovereign state.

Tim Loughton Portrait Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con)
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Some 15 years ago, Victoria Climbié came into this country from west Africa and was placed with a so-called aunt in a private fostering arrangement. The Government no longer collect figures about private fostering, so what measures are they taking to ensure that children who come to this country do not have their welfare compromised in the way that she did?

Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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My hon. Friend has great expertise in this area, particularly given his time as a Minister. He knows that I take the welfare of children extremely seriously, as does the Home Secretary. We make sure that we have the information we need to protect those children.