Member

My noble friend Lady Chakrabarti raised some absolutely vital points, but I hope that I can reassure her on her starting point: that the gangs are the target, not the refugees, and that that is the principle behind what the Bill is bringing forward. I hope that those safeguards are sufficient to ensure that the noble Lord, Lord Alton, supported by my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti, will not press the amendments in due course given that I have given him an assurance that we will reflect on the report as a whole prior to Report.