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UK Borders Bill

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his reply, and the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, for his important contribution. It is unfortunate. We all talk about the importance of consultation. Here we have a consortium made up of responsible, dedicated, hard-working voluntary organisations working with the people to whom the amendment refers. They come to us with a plea about the denial of the fulfilment of children’s rights in their direct experience, ask us to do something about it and we let them down. This is very sad. It denies the spirit of consultation, which must mean a readiness to respond to what those with insight have to say. I have made my second point repeatedly; I said that I would go on making it ad nauseam and I will. We live in a world which is volatile in security terms. The last thing we should be doing is giving people in their formative years a frustrating experience which leads to a sense of grievance, their potential alienation and worse. Are we serious about winning hearts and minds or not? If we are, it is in the details that we will win them—not by exhortation and general principles, but by being seen to be committed to the needs of those who are faced with difficulties, in keeping with the values we espouse. I feel profoundly disappointed that we cannot budge on this, but nevertheless beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 24 [Seizure of cash]: [Amendment No. 29 not moved.] Clause 31 [People trafficking]: