HL Deb 09 July 1996 vol 574 cc11-2WA
Lord Braine of Wheatley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the statement made by Baroness Blatch on 20th June 1996 (H.L. Deb., col. 476) to the effect that they would not remove from the country a pregnant woman where there was a likelihood that she would be subject to forcible abortion, means that they would wait for the child to be born and then remove them both.

Baroness Blatch

Removal of the asylum applicant following the birth of the baby would depend entirely on the circumstances of the case and the grounds on which asylum had been claimed.