Good afternoon and welcome to our session. We have until 5 o’clock. Would you like to introduce yourselves for the record?

I think you should do that.

Thank you very much for your evidence.

I take it that we have on the line Lucy Leon, immigration policy and practice adviser for The Children’s Society.

I think that concludes our evidence. Thank you for joining us online.

Good afternoon, Mr Piper. I am Edward Leigh, Chair of this Public Bill Committee.

Thank you for coming this afternoon. We are very grateful.

Order. I know it is unnatural, but you have to face us, or the microphones will not pick you up.

Order. Can I just say that this is a Public Bill Committee, not a Select Committee, so we have to be focused laser-like on the Bill?

We will start with a question from the Minister, then the Opposition spokesman, and then other colleagues will come in as they wish.