Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Why, in view of the assurances given on 23 October 2006 by the Minister for Immigration, Mr Liam Byrne, that breastfeeding children should not be separated from their mothers save in exceptional circumstances, Ms M (Home Office reference number M1162356) has been held in custody since 9 May, first for four days in a police station and then in Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre. [HL3979]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead):
I refer the noble Lord to my letter of 9 August.

Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
Why Ms Maseko, an unsuccessful asylum-applicant and mother of two small children, was forcibly evicted from council accommodation and then separated from her one-year old daughter, whom she was breast feeding; why Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre did not supply a breast pump; and whether they propose to prevent such treatment in future. [HL4569]

Lord West of Spithead:
I refer the noble Lord to my letter of 9 August.
 

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