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Baroness Janke (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 October 2024

Debate

Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Contribution

My Lords, in the light of 14 years of desperate cuts to local government, what will the Government do to support it in fulfilling its responsibilities to these children, many of whom have suffered trauma and terrible circumstances on their way here? There is a grave danger that the ones whom the Minister is talking about could become victims of modern slavery. What will the Government do to ensure that local government can fulfil its responsibilities to those vulnerable victims?

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