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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillNo. As I understand it, the judicial review will take place when a person has been relocated to Rwanda.19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI have to respect the noble and learned Lord’s point of view on that; I am afraid that I am not as well up on the court process as perhaps I should be. I will have to come back to…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am not in a position to agree or disagree, because I do not know how the judicial review process take place; I am afraid that I am not a lawyer. Any decision on age made by the…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI reassure the noble and learned Lord that we will have an answer by the end of the evening.19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, we have gone into the operation of the joint committee and various other bodies in considerable detail today, so I am not going to rehash those now. I am sure we can…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAgain, I say to the noble and learned Lord that we had a lengthy debate about that a couple of weeks ago on the International Agreements Committee report, and those are the steps…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the independent monitoring committee was established on 2 September 2022 under the terms of the initial memorandum of understanding. Its role has subsequently been…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy noble friend is right; I might very well want to refer to that.19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBased on the information that I have available to me here, the answer to that is yes. However, I reserve the right to correct that in the letter if I am wrong, for which obviously…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI take the noble Lord’s point, and I deeply regret any errors that were made in regard to these personnel. I certainly hope that the investigations are rigorous, and if there is…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillRegarding the applications to the ARAP scheme, clearly, I am not qualified to comment on individual circumstances as described by the noble Lord. I am afraid I do not know the…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this very thoughtful debate. I reassure noble Lords that my noble and learned friend and I have paid very close attention…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI repeat the points that I have made. I will write the letter to the noble Lord. I have the information, but it is incredibly lengthy and I do not want to repeat it all now. I…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank my noble friend for that and will of course make sure that he is copied in to the letter. I heard very clearly what he said, and I speak on behalf of my noble and learned…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will go into the detail that I have on what happens when someone arrives illegally and claims to be a victim of modern slavery, both under the Illegal Migration Act…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will repeat the point: the first responders will be expected to refer individuals into the NRM where there are indicators of modern slavery. One of those indicators is…14 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresI agree entirely with the remarks of the noble Baroness about anti-Semitism which I find personally disgusting, as do the Government, as she will know. On police confusion, it…13 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresThe current legislation gives police the power to direct people to remove face coverings in designated areas and to seize face coverings, but there is a loophole, in that an…13 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresThe noble Lord asks a very good question, because this is about, effectively, reasonable excuse. The Ziegler judgment held that obstructive protests that intentionally cause…13 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresMy noble friend raises some very good points. She is right that the simple fact of the matter is that recent protests have upped the temperature of protest. However, we have to…13 Feb 2024