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Immigration

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and, again, I hope that the Minister can address it. Clearly, a number of detailed issues affect children, where, as I just said, the Minister's proposals are at their weakest. The Refugee Children's Consortium makes a large number of points, of which I shall just detail two. First, it says that"““any application for further leave must be refused if any false document has been submitted, or false statement has been made, or there has been any failure to disclose a relevant fact. Refusal is mandatory in these circumstances regardless of whether the applicant is aware of the falsity or omission””." That is clearly an extremely tough test to pass. Secondly, it states:"““These changes make no distinction between refugees and other immigrants; nor between children and adults. The previous Rules made no explicit distinction, but by admitting discretion allowed decision-makers to have regard to the particular age and circumstances of applicants.””" Another related point is that everyone in the House has particular concern for the victims of human trafficking, so I hope that the Minister will frame his response also in terms of the effect of these changes on potential child trafficking victims who are, as we all know, victims of one of the fastest-growing and most repellent crimes in the modern world. I hope he will address the issue of children. Another area where questions need answering is cost recovery.