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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe hon. and learned Lady is making a good point about the checks and balances that prevent arbitrary power, and she is right that that is central to our constitutional…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillSurely on that basis almost any deportation could be blocked, for few countries in the world can match the standard of our NHS, and once that precedent has been set every person…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe debate on the Government side of the Chamber, as my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) said, is not on a difference in aims or ends; it is…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI do not know whether the hon. Lady is the first or the second, but I happily give way to her.17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI exclude the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale. He is liberal but he is not bourgeois—at least, as far as I am aware.17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is that to which I was alluding. The separation that exists in this country between the judiciary and the legislature in the political process and the process of justice simply…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIn that pithy intervention, my hon. Friend has described much of the fundamental problem of allowing what my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh)…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy right hon. Friend explains exactly the point I was making. The intentions of the Bill are put at risk by the failure to close the loophole. It is just that: an opportunity for…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy opinion of the hon. Gentleman has soared to an even greater height. I knew he was the best of liberals—that is not a great thing to be, by the way, but it is better than…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend the Member for Derbyshire Dales (Miss Dines) advanced so many compelling arguments in her intervention that I want to deal with all of them before I give way to my…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy right hon. Friend is, of course, right that it contradicts the long-established custom and practice that was the accepted basis for the rule of law in this country. He cites…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe shadow Minister makes a good point about co-operation. He is right that the only way to tackle the problem is through a suite of measures under an umbrella policy but, as my…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI work closely with my right hon. and learned Friend in a number of ways, as he knows, and I am well aware that he is a former Attorney General. If he were right that it is not…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI am loth to interrupt my hon. Friend as he is describing not so much the separation of powers as the desiccation of power. However, on the specific point he made about his…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThat view is held not just by my hon. Friend, by many in the House and by many in the country, but by many countries in Europe. Mass migration is now seen as an issue of salience…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe right hon. Lady will know that under this Government and previous Governments of all political colours, many people who came here illegally have been deported from this…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy right hon. and learned Friend is once again right that this place should not act in an arbitrary way. I mentioned Dicey earlier and he will be familiar with Dicey’s view on…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy hon. Friend is making a compelling argument about the difference between this country and those abroad who failed to take back control when we did. He will know that…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy right hon. and learned Friend is making a profound and important point about the nature of the separation of powers. There is a lot of misunderstanding about it. The separation…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseTraditional craft skills provide jobs and sustain businesses. They also emphasise our shared history: everything from wheelwrights to weavers, and from corsetry to carpentry. It…11 Jan 2024