A Bill to make provision for unaccompanied asylum seeking children to receive legal advice and for extending the deadline for an unaccompanied asylum seeking child to appeal an asylum decision
House of Lords
8 November 2019
The Bill would ensure that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children receive legal advice. It would also extend the deadline for these children to appeal an asylum decision. The aim is to make the asylum process fairer for these vulnerable young people.
The Bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Lords. If it advances, it would move on to later scrutiny stages before potentially going to the House of Commons.
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First reading took place on 17 October. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2017-19 Parliament dissolved at the end of the 2019 Session and this Bill will make no further progress
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
