The Prime Minister has agreed with the town's MP over the treatment of children sent to Australia.
South West Bedfordshire MP Andrew Selous told the House of Commons how he was shocked to learnt that when he visited Australia in 1967 aged five, other children were being sent there to be cruelly treated.
It followed Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameron's apology to all the families affected by the policy.
Until the late 1960s, successive UK Governments had over a long period of time supported child migration schemes where children as young as three were transported from Britain to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
It was hoped they could forge a better life overseas, but in many cases they were sent without their parents' consent and endured unrelenting hardship.
Mr Selous said: "I travelled to Australia for several months with my mother, who was an Australian citizen, to spend a very happy time with my grandparents. It is truly shocking to think that, at the same time, this country was officially sending children against their will to Australia where they had such a grim time."
Mr Brown replied: "The honourable Gentleman is absolutely right. We have got to be prepared to say that this was wrong and completely unjustifiable, and do what we can to repair at least some of the damage done."