I appreciate the Secretary of State’s allowing me to intervene on her. I am curious. The consent motion has just been passed to say that this is an exclusively English measure, but I would like the Secretary of State to take a moment to explain what is in the Government’s mind in clause 1(8), which states:
“The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the circumstances in which a child is, or is not, in England for the purposes of this section.”
If the child were in Northern Ireland and this Bill applies to them, surely it is not exclusively English.