Member

We have to be careful, because if we do not draw these definitions carefully, we will damage public acceptance. Amendments 165 and 166 run counter to the amendment in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Dubs and Lord Kerr, because if we widen the group of people who can join children in the UK, we make it less likely that people will want to bring unaccompanied children here, if they think that, in doing so, we would open up the floodgates to bring in a huge number of other people. If we want public acceptance for bringing in unaccompanied children, having careful, tight definitions of the people who can join them is the way to go. That is why I recommend those amendments in particular to your Lordships’ Committee.