i learned that my own great—grandmother, reina sevilla, was deported from the vel d'hiv via drancy toconcentration camp where she was murdered in the gas chambers. but first, it's been three years in the making, but finally, the eu withdrawal agreement bill has become law. this key piece of legislation sets out the terms of the uk's divorce from the european union. the road has been rough as well as long, but the general election and the big majority it delivered for the conservatives meant that lately things have been a bit smoother. but there was a little bit of last—minute turbulence thanks to the lords. earlier this week, opposition peers inflicted five defeats on the government. the most notable was over the rights of unaccompanied child refugees. the labour peer, alf dubs, who came to the uk as a child to escape the nazis, had proposed changing the bill so that it included a commitment to negotiate with the eu to make sure that unaccompanied child refugees could join relatives in the uk. family is one of the basic things that we all have to believe in. and if the young people wh