That 3,000 figure is the figure that Save the Children calculated specifically in relation to children who are already in Europe. That does not, of course, make it inviolable, but I am sure it considered the arguments because, clearly, it will know that those are the arguments that the Government have used. The Save the Children number was accepted by the all-party International Development Committee.
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 9 February 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Immigration Bill.
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