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What would the numbers be were Amendment 166 to be accepted? For someone who has been granted refugee status—not a child—would their parents, adoptive parents, unmarried partners with no documentation to say that they are their stable spouse, adopted siblings or even other persons potentially be covered under the amendment’s proposed new subsection (5)(e), which my noble friend’s amendment seeks to drop, as well as an equally uncertain number of those who might wish to be considered or answer the description of being necessary to the “physical, emotional or psychological” well-being of the person or to avoiding any risk to such well-being? To that question of how many there would be, the noble Baroness had no answer during our debate on her Private Member’s Bill. We do not know how many people Amendment 166 might open the country to. Under my noble friend Lord Jackson’s amendments, these additional categories, other than the spouse of the person or children under 18 who are dependants—I know that is suspended, as the Government are reviewing it—would not be eligible.