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Business of the House

I will not accept any suggestion that the Government do not behave humanely in relation to children, whether or not their parents are legally entitled to be here. Obviously, a balance has to be struck between the country’s interests in ensuring that we have a proper and effective asylum and immigration system and a requirement that that system covers the children of people who come here without an entitlement to remain. I am confident that we get the balance right, although I recognise that there is always room for improvement.