The debate focused on the issue of age-disputed refugee children in the UK, highlighting that over 1,300 children were wrongly assessed as adults by the Home Office between January 2022 and June 2023. These incorrect assessments place children at significant safeguarding risks, including being sent to Wethersfield or adult prisons. The speech emphasised flaws in the current process for assessing age, where children without identification documents face immediate visual examinations upon arrival, often leading to erroneous categorizations as adults. This results in them being placed in unsuitable accommodation and even detention centres, exposing them to sexual assault and other traumas. Western called for improved assessment processes and protections against illegal migration legislation that could inadvertently send these wrongly assessed children to Rwanda. He also requested assurances from the Government regarding appeal rights and non-removal of such individuals until appeals are resolved.