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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am encouraged by the noble and learned Lord’s statement that the monitoring committee is up and running. He will know that the international treaties committee of this House…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillDoes the Minister still stand by the assurance from the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom, that nobody will be deported to Rwanda until the monitoring committee is up and running?…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I strongly support the amendment of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, which he moved almost unanswerably. I agree with the support given to it by my noble…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillDo I take it, then, that the Government’s position reflects the speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson?19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Stewart of Dirleton, indicated in an earlier amendment that the Government would say how Parliament was going to keep its judgment that…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for interrupting the Minister, but are we right to understand that he is saying that there will be no deportations to Rwanda until the monitoring committee is up and…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the power of this debate has been absolutely extraordinary. I think the House very much admires the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom—the Minister—who looks to me like a…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, every time in this Committee you think that the Government cannot be more flattened than they were in the previous debate, they are even more flattened. I refer to the…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, before the Minister answers the question, this is a rather unusual court, because it is a court that does not afford the most basic rights of justice to the people who…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillA right to have possession of my property requires me to go to court and get it. It is still a right, even though I have to ask for it.14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I strongly support my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti’s amendment, as amended by that of the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. It is incredibly important that the Act comes…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillNo. The noble Lord has misunderstood my argument. You are in this country before the Act. You have a right in the sense that you are, in fact, subject to persecution. You would…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the noble Lord explain why if I come here and am entitled to asylum that is not a right?14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillCan the Minister say how many times it has been used in total?12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the noble and learned Lord for answering the question, but I am not sure that answers the point. Suppose the position were that the UK said, “You haven’t implemented it…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, could I assist the noble and learned Lord in relation to this? There is a document called Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill , and what this rather excellent…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI apologise for interrupting the noble Lord, whose complaint appears to be about supranational bodies. I do not know if he is aware—I am sure he is—that his own amendment…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is a privilege to follow what the noble Lord, Lord Tugendhat, said, and I strongly agree with it. I will focus on two things in relation to what the Government are asking us to…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillCan the Minister indicate when the Government will respond to the report on the Bill by the Constitution Committee of this House?12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAnd write to me with the answer.12 Feb 2024