On Monday last week, the Immigration Bill faced its third day in Report. The Government was defeated over the issue of taking in 3,000 unaccompanied refugee children. Liberal Democrats pushed votes on a number of other issues including; protecting Afghan and Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives to help UK soldiers, protecting the victims of genocide, and loosening regulations to make it easier for children to be reunited with their parents. With Labour sitting on their hands, these votes were lost. Speaking ahead of the vote on Afghan and Iraqi interpreters Paddy Ashdown referred to the current policy as Speaking in the debate on genocide, Emma Nicholson referred to her extensive experience in the Middle East and called on the Government to take action: William Wallace also argued for amendments to the Bill which will exempt the NHS and educational institutions from the proposed skills charge which William warned was a ‘tax on talent.’ Following the debate he said: