The Government's commitment to child refugees is now "a matter of honour and trust" a Catholic cross bench peer has warned.
Following the defeat of an amendment in the House of Commons yesterday, which would have prompted the Government to accept more child refugees across the UK, Lord Alton of Liverpool said: "Apart from the duty we have to rescue children who are at great risk, this is now a matter of honour and a matter of trust."
The Government narrowly avoided a Commons defeat after a Tory MP introduced an amendment yesterday which would have forced local councils to reveal how many lone child refugees they had the capacity to take.
