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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI first beg the noble Baroness’s pardon; I had not intended to overlook her. In relation to the answers to which she and the noble and learned Lord refer, as we have said on…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I now turn to Amendment 37 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker.06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI shall make sure that the noble Lord’s point is given consideration before Third Reading. For the reasons that I have sought to set out, I would encourage the noble Lord, Lord…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I am again grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this debate, opened by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead. He acknowledged that we had…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, as I said, the Bill is in line with international law. It is not correct that a failure to comply with interim measures automatically involves a breach of international…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe point is that Rule 39 interim measures are not final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, which do bind the United Kingdom. They are not binding on the United…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI beg the noble Baroness’s pardon. I think that we had indicated that we were trying to get it by this point. That has not been possible, and I apologise to the noble Baroness. I…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, this was a brisk debate that touched on a number of very important points. The noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, in opening, developed her point with admirable…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, on behalf of the Government Front Bench, I will first speak about noble Lords who have recently passed out of this Chamber and out of this life. I echo everything said…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIf the noble Lord will permit, I will defer answering that question until later. So it is in order to prevent the current expenditure—the cost of housing asylum seekers is set to…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIn her address today and I think at an earlier stage, the noble Baroness described the functioning of declarations of incompatibility in Section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 as…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the point of the Bill is to move the matter into the diplomatic and political sphere. The Bill and the treaty make the point that the matters are better considered there…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, has flung down the gauntlet and, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, I am happy to pick it up. I am grateful to all who participated in…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI undertake to correspond with the noble and learned Lord on that. Amendments 58, 60 and 61 would bind the United Kingdom Government, preventing a Minister of the Crown or…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, in view of the hour and the information which I have to hand, and given the stark terms in which the noble Lord expresses himself, that might perhaps be the better…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, in addressing the Committee, I outlined that the position in relation to international measures is that they must be incorporated into domestic law before they take on…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, ultimately the matter for the Committee to take into account—I appreciate that I am not giving the noble Lord an answer—is where this leaves our domestic obligations,…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI think the terms of Article 9 of the treaty are clear. The Act comes into force the day that the treaty comes into force. As to the specific Rwandan legislation to which the…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI gave the noble Baroness a list of the recommendations, or the proposed amendments to the rules, but I do not see them as answering all of the concerns which the noble Lord, Lord…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am grateful to my noble friend but the answer “it depends” renders the matter, to a certain extent, even more complicated and emphasises the number of considerations that I will…19 Feb 2024