Member

The point has been made, particularly by the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, and the noble Baroness, Lady Neuberger, that the public response when the explanation is given that we are seeking to support children is a positive one. That is my experience too, and it is also my experience that if you talk about individual refugees, or indeed individual immigrants, people say, “Oh yes, I didn’t mean him or her—they’re fine; I like that person”. We should be thinking about a lot of individuals, not a cohesive or amorphous group, if that is not a contradiction in terms.