Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lisa Nandy (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 41 members in total.

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CHILDREN IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION

That this House notes the Children's Society and Bail for Immigration Detainees' OutCry! campaign to end the detention of children for asylum and immigration purposes; commends the Government for pledging to end this immoral practice and including this objective in its Coalition Agreement; further notes that there are still children being detained at Yarl's Wood and other UK Border Agency centres and that 50 children have been detained since the announcement; calls on the Government to amend the asylum process in such a way as to build trust and communication with the families involved, including improving access to good quality legal advice to ensure that children and families have a fair chance to have their claims heard early on in the process; and urges the Government to fulfil its pledge to end child detention without delay and put in place an asylum and immigration system that takes into account the safety and welfare of children and families.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1037 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Tony Lloyd

Annette Brooke

Lord Cryer

Ian Mearns

Bill Esterson

Subjects

Children Immigration

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk