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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIf the agreement dies, will the future Act die with it?19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am not sure that is an answer. Apart from the passage of this Bill, which is the only thing that Mr Jenrick’s statement referred to for what was required for the UK to ratify…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWhat steps beyond the passage of this Bill are required for the UK Government to ratify the treaty?19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillSorry, but it is not an answer at all to the question: how does Parliament in some way or another keep the question under review? The Minister has given an answer to a completely…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThat is an interesting thought, but I wonder whether it underlays this provision. I had assumed, until the noble Lord spoke, that it is drafted in that way to exclude the Carltona…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillCould the Minister indicate when he might be in a position to debate it?19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWhy is it not susceptible to judicial review? Ouster of the courts normally involves at least a provision in a Bill. There is no such provision here. Ousting the courts by a…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI completely agree with that. The Ministerial Code is to be enforced politically, in many respects, not by courts. However, if the position is that it is a breach of international…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti, and in the names of the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, and the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, which…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe question that is being asked all the time is: how does Parliament keep it under review and raise the question that the country is no longer safe? That is not an answer.19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the Minister did not deal with the question—perhaps understandably—about how this House, which has been constituted as a court by the Government, will get a chance to…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am very interested in that answer, too. Surely that is not right. If a judicial review is possible, it is a matter for the court to decide, in its discretion, whether it should…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for also intervening. I was very interested in much of the answer that the Minister gave, and I am genuinely grateful to him for doing his best on this. He said that a…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I strongly back the amendment of my noble friend Lady Lister, supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Neuberger. I am unclear at the moment about whether the Government…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords—before the Minister sits down—it becomes crucial to know when this Act will come into force. This is not a personal observation, but the Minister has given the most…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe Minister just referred to the independent experts who are going to help the Rwandans in relation to their processing of claimants. Our International Agreements Committee said…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI do not think that the Minister has taken on board what the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, asked him. Article 10(3), which is the provision in the treaty that allows relocation only…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I would be keen to know what is the basis for the noble and learned Lord’s assertion that Rwanda is safe, which he is putting forward on behalf of the Government.19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe Advocate-General for Scotland may not be the right person to express a view in relation to Rwandan legislation, but I assume that somebody in the Government has seen a draft…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBut it is absolutely clear from the policy statement, and from answers that the Home Secretary gave to the international treaties committee of our House, that the position is not…19 Feb 2024