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HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI have to say, with all humility, that it is not so much that I agree with them, or that they agree with me, but that this is the law of our land. This is the rule of law as it…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWe want the Bill to succeed. We want it to work and to do what our voters want, but at present it does not. Clause 2, as it stands, does not work, which is why I shall press my…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillHaving looked at my amendment carefully, has my hon. Friend observed that the only way to guarantee that this Bill will be satisfactorily regarded by the courts is if the…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillHas it escaped the hon. Gentleman’s notice that one claim was dismissed by the Supreme Court judgment on Rwanda? That was an Iraqi in the case of ASM. The reason was very simple:…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI merely repeat the point that parliamentary sovereignty has to be combined with clear and unambiguous words. The word “notwithstanding” is hallowed; it is in the withdrawal…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am extremely glad that my hon. Friend has made that point, because I had the disobliging necessity to read some of the Supreme Court judgments from Germany. Sometimes—believe…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am afraid to say that does appear to be the inevitable inference to be drawn from the statements that have been made. The worry is that, unless the law is completely clear and…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillOn that point, will the Minister give way?16 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI wish to be a little formal about this. Will my hon. and learned Friend seek a ruling from Mr Speaker that the Bill’s long title and scope may be amended, to ensure that…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the Minister give way?12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBefore the hon. and learned Lady seeks to intervene, I want to get this quite clear. The Miller case was on a different set of circumstances. Not only that, but it has been…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe recent Rwanda case is the most recent case on matters relating to parliamentary intentions, the supremacy of law and the rule of law, and the proper application of the rule of…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillDoes my right hon. Friend agree that it is clear in international law and in relation to the question of the rule of law that in this country, with our unwritten constitution, a…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillNo. I am going to read out—12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will give way. The hon. and learned Lady can say what she likes.12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAbsolutely. I am glad that the hon. and learned Lady mentioned the fact that an unambiguous statement—an explicit statement, as Lord Sumption puts it—on the position in…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillNo, I will not give way. I am going to quote directly from Lord Hoffman himself in relation to an ECHR case. [ Interruption. ] This is the case of R. v. Lyons 2003. He states:…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy right hon. and learned Friend is more than aware of the Privacy International case. He knows, as well as I do, that there was a dissenting judgment in that case by both…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill my right hon. and learned Friend give way?12 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023The hon. Gentleman is super courteous, and he has put his finger on it, I have to say. In informal discussions with members of Government I have raised that I am concerned about…06 Dec 2023