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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion U. I beg to move.12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 95 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 95A and 95B in lieu.12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion V. I beg to move.12 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenThe noble Baroness would not expect me to comment on ongoing litigation. I can provide her with the statistics: there are presently 154 unaccompanied children who are currently…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenWhile the responsibility for locating missing children is ultimately for the police, the Home Office works closely with local authorities and other partners to try to locate…10 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will not address all the speeches, but I can certainly say that I agree with parts of almost all of them. Of course, noble Lords are entirely right that I and the…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenObviously, each case is different. If a child were to go missing from Home Office accommodation, depending on when and where they are located, they would be either returned to the…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenI can reassure the noble Lord that we take the welfare of these vulnerable children extremely seriously. We have had no alternative but to temporarily use hotels to give children…10 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I do not want to detain the House for too long at this stage but, in view of what transpired on Report, it is fitting that I say a few words before the Bill completes…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenAs the noble Lord will be aware, and as the court made clear, the situation was that the local authority was unable to accommodate these children on arrival, so the Home Office…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenThe Home Office does of course notify local authorities of the arrival of children. We have something called the national transfer scheme, of which the noble Lord is no doubt…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenI reassure the noble Lord that we take the welfare of children in our care very seriously. The point is that those children are held at the Kent intake unit for only as short a…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenAs I say, it is the Home Office’s intention to ensure that all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are placed into local authority care as soon as it becomes available. That has…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenAs I say, the decoration of these facilities is a matter for the Home Office. It is a detention facility for those who have entered the country unlawfully and it is appropriate…10 Jul 2023HANSARDMissing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied ChildrenThe murals that the noble Lord refers to were provided by our detention contractors and were not commissioned or approved by the Home Office. It is clearly the correct decision…10 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThat the Bill do now pass.10 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, before we commence proceedings on the Bill, I am obliged to make a short statement setting out the position on legislative consent. It is the UK Government’s view that…10 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThat the Bill be now read a third time. Relevant documents: 34th and 37th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee, 16th Report from the Constitution Committee, 12th Report…10 Jul 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryThat this House takes note of the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush generation.07 Jul 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, it is a great privilege and honour to represent the Government at this debate on a topic that matters so deeply to us all. We have, over the past few days and weeks,…07 Jul 2023