Member

Amendments have been tabled on rule changes on impact data, including Amendments 5, 7, 30 and 31 today, some of which are in different groupings later on. I acknowledge that there are pressures on local authorities. I mentioned that in my speech at Second Reading, at col. 373, so I acknowledge that. We acknowledge increased pressures faced by local authorities in accommodating new arrivals. All applications for refugee family reunion must meet the requirements set out in the Immigration Rules. Amendment 7 is trying to address that but, again, we do not set out minimum or other requirements around accommodation in the current rules. I do not think that that is a fair and equitable thing to do, because we have to recognise complex and vulnerable situations that the route provides for.