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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 18 March 2024, in the House of Commons, led by Michael Tomlinson.
Programme (No. 2) motion. Agreed to on question. Consideration of Lords amendments. Lords amendment 1, motion to disagree, debated with Lords amendments 2-10 and Government motions to disagree. Lords amendment 1 disagreed to on division (328 to 250). Lords amendment 2 disagreed to on division (324 to 253). Lords amendment 3 disagreed to on division (324 to 253). Clause 2, Lords amendment 4 disagreed to on division (321 to 252). Lords amendment 5 disagreed to on division (322 to 249). Clause 4, Lords amendment 6 disagreed to on division (324 to 251). After clause 4, Lords amendment 7 disagreed to on division (320 to 250). After clause 5, Lords amendment 8 disagreed to on division (318 to 255). Lords amendment 9, disagreed to on division (320 to 251). Lords amendment 10, disagreed to on division (312 to 255). Motion that a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their amendments. Agreed to on question. Reasons to be reported and communicated to the Lords.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
747 cc659-772 
Session
2023-24
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Lords amendments
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill 2023-24
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lindsay Hoyle | 747 c659 (Link to this contribution)

I can confirm that none of the Lords amendments engage Commons financial privilege.

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c659 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.


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Lindsay Hoyle | 747 c659 (Link to this contribution)

With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments 2 to 10, and Government motions to di...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c659 (Link to this contribution)

This Bill is an essential element of our wider strategy to protect our borders, and to stop the b...

Stella Creasy | 747 c659 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister will understand that many of us are deeply concerned that the Bill undermines the Go...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c659 (Link to this contribution)

I am concerned with this Government and this Parliament. As for our obligations, nothing in the B...

Jim Shannon | 747 c659 (Link to this contribution)

At least the Minister responds to our questions and tries to address the issues. The last time I ...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c660 (Link to this contribution)

I do recall our earlier exchange across the Chamber, and the hon. Gentleman may know of my exchan...

Sammy Wilson | 747 c660 (Link to this contribution)

I must say I am surprised that the Government are not concerned about the clash between the Bill ...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c660 (Link to this contribution)

I understand the right hon. Gentleman’s concerns, but I repeat that there is no incompatibility b...

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 747 c660 (Link to this contribution)

Rwanda cannot be deemed a safe country for refugees simply as a result of a unilateral declaratio...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c660 (Link to this contribution)

I disagree entirely with all the points that the hon. Gentleman has made; I know that he is patie...

Kevin Foster | 747 c660 (Link to this contribution)

Like me, the Minister has always believed that immigration should be dealt with on a UK rather th...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c661 (Link to this contribution)

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend, who speaks with great experience and authority. He will be ...

Richard Graham | 747 c661 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend is making a good case for the importance of the Bill and the irr...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c661 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is entirely right on both counts. I will develop the point about the deterrent eff...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 cc661-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to make some progress now.

The Bill is based on the compliance of both Rwanda an...

Debbie Abrahams | 747 c662 (Link to this contribution)

The point the Minister has not mentioned is that the European scheme is voluntary. Are the Govern...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c662 (Link to this contribution)

On the safety of Rwanda, the ambassador was very clear about his assessment; I am going to contin...

Yasmin Qureshi | 747 c662 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister says that he is accepting the word of the Rwandan Foreign Minister that the country ...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c662 (Link to this contribution)

No. Respectfully, I encourage the hon. Lady to listen to the debate, because I read out the words...

Kevin Foster | 747 c662 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister recall that the Supreme Court judgment hinged on the issue of refoulement and n...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 cc662-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful indeed to my hon. Friend; I will turn to refoulement and non-refoulement, and that ...

Joanna Cherry | 747 c663 (Link to this contribution)

With reference to the point made by the hon. Member for Torbay about the basis of the Supreme Cou...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c664 (Link to this contribution)

In fact, that document supports the Government’s position, because the evidence put forward is ba...

Joanna Cherry | 747 c664 (Link to this contribution)

My question was this: in January this year, the British Government, through the Home Office, publ...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c664 (Link to this contribution)

The answer is that the hon. and learned Lady must not cherry-pick her evidence. The evidence must...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c664 (Link to this contribution)

I will not give way. There is a conclusive presumption in the Bill that Rwanda is generally a saf...

Luke Evans | 747 c664 (Link to this contribution)

Is the Minister aware of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ comments? It says:

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend proves the point I just made, that it is the evidence in the round that must be co...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

I have given way twice to the hon. and learned Lady, so I will make progress. We have been clear ...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

I have already given way to the hon. Gentleman, so I will make progress.

That shows that if...

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

On that point about the deterrent, will the Minister give way?

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

No, I am going to move on to amendment 6.

Amendment 6 seeks to enable United Kingdom courts...

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for giving way. The Rwanda plan will not work as the deterrent that Minister...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

On deterrence, which I think was the thrust of the question, the Albania scheme brought into effe...

Jim Shannon | 747 c665 (Link to this contribution)

The House will know that I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for international fr...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c666 (Link to this contribution)

I know how seriously the hon. Gentleman takes this important issue. There is a policy of non-disc...

Natalie Elphicke | 747 c666 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend is right that it is essential that protections are in place to e...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c666 (Link to this contribution)

I noted some vigorous nodding from my right hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel) and m...

Yvette Cooper | 747 c667 (Link to this contribution)

Reverting to the previous amendment on the facts that Parliament should be given, can the Ministe...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c667 (Link to this contribution)

Respectfully, that is not directly relevant to amendment 8. The answer to the question on volunta...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 c667 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to continue.

Amendment 9 would act to impede provisions already recently passed ...

Neil Coyle | 747 c667 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister seemed to try to brush over some of the costs involved. Is he aware that Virgin Gala...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 cc667-8 (Link to this contribution)

We had a debate on Thursday on the costs of the scheme and not a single Labour Back Bencher was t...

Lindsay Hoyle | 747 c668 (Link to this contribution)

I call the shadow Minister.

4.15 pm

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c668 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak in favour of all 10 of the Lords amendments that are before us today. They each s...

Luke Evans | 747 c668 (Link to this contribution)

Since 2020, we have seen 82 gangs disrupted and more than 400 people arrested because of the acti...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 cc668-9 (Link to this contribution)

We will eradicate the activity of the criminal smuggler gangs by having a proper security partner...

William Cash | 747 c669 (Link to this contribution)

On amendment 1, is the hon. Gentleman aware that the Constitution Committee of the House of Lords...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c669 (Link to this contribution)

I would remind the hon. Gentleman that the Supreme Court—the highest court of our land —has ruled...

William Cash | 747 c669 (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

William Cash | 747 c669 (Link to this contribution)

I am extremely grateful, because this question goes right to the heart of the matter. Paragraph 1...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c670 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but at the end of the day, we cannot legislate t...

Rushanara Ali | 747 c670 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend will be aware of the thousands of asylum seekers who are being dispersed up and do...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c670 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that the smoke and mirrors that have been used about clearing ...

Sammy Wilson | 747 c670 (Link to this contribution)

Although the hon. Gentleman and I might not share many views on this Bill, does he share my surpr...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c671 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his excellent question. Sometimes the mask slips in the Gove...

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 747 c671 (Link to this contribution)

The shadow Minister is making an excellent speech. Let us not forget the history: the Tories’ Rwa...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c671 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with every word my hon. Friend says.

Just imagine if the amount of time, money, res...

Neil Coyle | 747 c671 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making a very powerful argument against this Government’s wasteful policy. Is h...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 cc671-2 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend has done his maths on the £2 million. I particularly enjoyed his analogy with the ...

Kevin Foster | 747 c672 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the shadow Minister for giving way. He says he wants removals to a safe third country. Wh...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c672 (Link to this contribution)

I am very sorry, but would the hon. Member mind repeating that?

Kevin Foster | 747 c672 (Link to this contribution)

It is always good to listen to an intervention, but I will repeat it for him. He said that one pa...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c672 (Link to this contribution)

I apologise; I should have said “home country.” I would like to correct the record. It was “home ...

Luke Evans | 747 c672 (Link to this contribution)

How much would Labour’s plan cost?

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c673 (Link to this contribution)

As I have already said—I do not know if the hon. Member was listening—this is about repurposing t...

Alexander Stafford | 747 c673 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman says that he wants more Afghan people to come from Pakistan to the UK. How man...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c673 (Link to this contribution)

The amendment is about stopping them being sent to Rwanda, but let us be absolutely clear: there ...

Rushanara Ali | 747 c673 (Link to this contribution)

In my constituency I have met one family in a similar situation. The constituent’s husband had be...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 cc673-4 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The scope of Lords amendment 10 is specifically for those who...

John McDonnell | 747 c674 (Link to this contribution)

Let me speak to Lords amendments 9 and 10. Those of us who have dealt with trafficked victims and...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c674 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. He makes the case with passion and conviction...

Sammy Wilson | 747 c674 (Link to this contribution)

With regard to the earlier question of how many, does the hon. Member not agree that the simple a...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 cc674-5 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said. What a contrast there is between his inter...

David Jones | 747 c675 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that amendment 1 is entirely otiose? In terms of compliance wi...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 c675 (Link to this contribution)

If that is the case, why will Ministers not accept the amendment? Those in the other place, who h...

Stella Creasy | 747 c675 (Link to this contribution)

Perhaps I can help to shed light on this. The Minister has just shown that the Government are not...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 cc675-6 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with my hon. Friend, who makes a very clear case. A lot of rhetoric has accompanied the B...

Margaret Greenwood | 747 c676 (Link to this contribution)

A joint statement signed by over 260 civil society organisations has branded the Bill

“a co...

Stephen Kinnock | 747 cc676-7 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. If the amount of time and energy that has been wasted on this...

Roger Gale | 747 c677 (Link to this contribution)

Order. The Government and Opposition Front Benchers have, perhaps understandably, taken a certain...

Jeremy Wright | 747 cc677-8 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you very much indeed, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I begin with an apology to you and others for ...

Luke Evans | 747 c678 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend is making an excellent point about how we must be innovative. Is...

Jeremy Wright | 747 c678 (Link to this contribution)

I am conscious, Mr Deputy Speaker, not to transgress into Second Reading territory, but I think m...

Robert Neill | 747 c678 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend makes a very powerful point, with which I have much sympathy. Be...

Jeremy Wright | 747 c679 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. and learned Friend anticipates my conclusion, and I agree with him entirely. In fact, he ...

Natalie Elphicke | 747 c679 (Link to this contribution)

In light of what my right hon. and learned Friend says, how does he see Parliament’s role in asse...

Jeremy Wright | 747 c679 (Link to this contribution)

Essentially, Lords amendments 2 and 3—flawed as they are—raise the valid issue of what happens if...

Yasmin Qureshi | 747 c679 (Link to this contribution)

I see two contradictions, almost, in what the right hon. and learned Gentleman is saying. He talk...

Jeremy Wright | 747 cc679-680 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid I do not accept what the hon. Lady says. First, as the Minister made clear, the Gover...

Alison Thewliss | 747 c680 (Link to this contribution)

It remains the position of the Scottish National party that this is an irredeemably awful Bill. W...

Joanna Cherry | 747 c680 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that my hon. Friend will have read the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on...

Alison Thewliss | 747 c680 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree. Other countries around the world have looked to the UK as an upholder of righ...

Alison Thewliss | 747 c681 (Link to this contribution)

I will make a little progress, because I am mindful of what Mr Deputy Speaker said about time. I ...

Caroline Johnson | 747 c681 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes the point that things change with time. Does she accept that many measures ha...

Alison Thewliss | 747 cc681-2 (Link to this contribution)

It is difficult to tell, because scrutiny mechanisms are not in place that would allow Committees...

Alison Thewliss | 747 cc682-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am conscious of what you said about time, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I should like to make some pro...

Alison Thewliss | 747 c683 (Link to this contribution)

That is another question, I suppose. The point is that everyone is different. We cannot reliably ...

Alison Thewliss | 747 cc683-4 (Link to this contribution)

As I have said, I am conscious of what we have been told about time. I am sure that if the hon. L...

Yasmin Qureshi | 747 cc684-5 (Link to this contribution)

On the hon. Lady’s point about the UK letting down people who were working for us and with us, th...

Alison Thewliss | 747 c685 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is correct: it is a gimmick. It has no basis in fact and there a lot of doubt about...

William Cash | 747 cc685-6 (Link to this contribution)

I signed the Government’s motion to reject Lords amendment 1 and am happy to support them in it. ...

William Cash | 747 c686 (Link to this contribution)

No. Amendment 1, put forward by the House of Lords, completely contradicts that principle, becaus...

John Hayes | 747 c687 (Link to this contribution)

I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for again making a powerful argument about the sovereig...

William Cash | 747 cc687-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am bound to say, with no disrespect to the noble Lords, who passed this amendment with a majori...

Diana Johnson | 747 cc688-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is almost two years since the Rwanda scheme was first announced by the then Home Secretary in ...

William Cash | 747 c689 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

Diana Johnson | 747 cc689-691 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to carry on. The hon. Gentleman spoke at length, and I want to get through a number of...

Natalie Elphicke | 747 c691 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

Diana Johnson | 747 c691 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to carry on, because I want other Members to be able to speak.

Amendment 8 relat...

Natalie Elphicke | 747 c691 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Lady give way on that point?

Diana Johnson | 747 c691 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is trying to get in, so I will give way, but I am keen to finish.

Natalie Elphicke | 747 cc691-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to her for giving way, because I was hoping to intervene on the SNP spokesperson, t...

Diana Johnson | 747 cc692-3 (Link to this contribution)

Very briefly, I am reporting what the cross-party Home Affairs Committee decided and put in our r...

William Cash | 747 c693 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I in no way wish to seem churlish, but the right hon. Mem...

Roger Gale | 747 c693 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that that is not even a nice try. I call Alexander Sta...

Alexander Stafford | 747 cc693-4 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to speak in this very important debate, which is about defeating these awful ame...

John Hayes | 747 c694 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend refers to the Australian system, which was known as Operation Sovereign Borders. I...

Alexander Stafford | 747 c695 (Link to this contribution)

I would not wish to comment on what is going on in their lordships’ minds, but clearly they do no...

Patrick Grady | 747 c695 (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Patrick Grady | 747 c695 (Link to this contribution)

If Rwanda is such a wonderful place to be deported to, why would the prospect of being deported t...

Alexander Stafford | 747 c695 (Link to this contribution)

That is an interesting point. I am under no illusion that Rwanda is a great country, but I will t...

Natalie Elphicke | 747 c695 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that another safe country is France?

Alexander Stafford | 747 cc695-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend, who does so much work on this issue in her constituency. Indeed, France i...

John Hayes | 747 c696 (Link to this contribution)

I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way on two occasions. He will remember that ...

Alexander Stafford | 747 c696 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for that apposite intervention. That is the concern. Having a situat...

Natalie Elphicke | 747 c697 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the SNP objected to the regulations on age verification...

Alexander Stafford | 747 c697 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for that observation. That is shocking, and it just shows where the care a...

Joanna Cherry | 747 cc697-8 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to support the Lords amendments. Lords amendments 9 and 10 because they are basic humanita...

Joanna Cherry | 747 c698 (Link to this contribution)

Let me just develop this point, and then I will take some interventions. I agree with the House o...

John Hayes | 747 c698 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. and learned Lady is making, as she usually does, a considered argument based on her visi...

Joanna Cherry | 747 c698 (Link to this contribution)

The Rwandans host more than 100,000 refugees on their border who have come over from neighbouring...

Joanna Cherry | 747 c698 (Link to this contribution)

I will give way to the hon. Member who is a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Jill Mortimer | 747 c699 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for giving way. I was also in that meeting with the UNHCR. Is it not also t...

Joanna Cherry | 747 cc699-700 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, have detailed notes of our meeting with the people from UNHCR. The hon. Lady is right to ...

Caroline Johnson | 747 c700 (Link to this contribution)

Will the hon. and learned Lady give way?

Joanna Cherry | 747 c700 (Link to this contribution)

I give way to the hon. Lady, who was also on the visit to Kigali.

Caroline Johnson | 747 c700 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. and learned Lady says that the UK is taking a tiny number of refugees and asylum seekers...

Joanna Cherry | 747 cc700-1 (Link to this contribution)

I do not have time to get into redesigning the system, but—[Interruption.] Well, during our inqui...

Alistair Carmichael | 747 c701 (Link to this contribution)

Would there not be some sense in allowing Home Office decision makers to take account of the Home...

Joanna Cherry | 747 cc701-2 (Link to this contribution)

The document was withdrawn for a while and updated in January, so I only saw it and read it in de...

Jill Mortimer | 747 c702 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. and learned Lady for giving way again. The anti-discrimination law in the Rwanda...

Roger Gale | 747 c702 (Link to this contribution)

Order. That is a speech, not an intervention. I am terribly sorry, but I must ask the hon. Lady t...

Joanna Cherry | 747 cc702-3 (Link to this contribution)

My answer to the hon. Lady is that, as I said at the outset of my speech, in assessing whether Rw...

Caroline Lucas | 747 c703 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. and learned Lady is making a case about the importance of evidence. Does she agree that ...

Roger Gale | 747 c703 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Before the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) resumes her sp...

Joanna Cherry | 747 c703 (Link to this contribution)

I was crystal clear at the start of my speech that I am speaking in a personal capacity, just as ...

Roger Gale | 747 c704 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I said that we were skating on fairly thin ice because other, equally impressive legal adv...

Caroline Johnson | 747 cc704-5 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to support the Government in rejecting the Lords amendments. I will focus particularly on ...

John Hayes | 747 c705 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend, as I and many other Members of this House did, sought to strengthen this Bill, in...

Caroline Johnson | 747 cc705-6 (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree with my right hon. Friend. It is, as he says, one of many wrecking amendments ...

Nigel Evans | 747 c706 (Link to this contribution)

Order. We are introducing an eight-minute limit straightaway. I am hoping to get the Minister on ...

Claudia Webbe | 747 cc706-7 (Link to this contribution)

This Government remain in disarray for all the wrong reasons over this horrendous Bill. I applaud...

Priti Patel | 747 cc707-8 (Link to this contribution)

All Members who have sat through debates on these matters in recent years must be feeling a stron...

Caroline Johnson | 747 c708 (Link to this contribution)

Does my right hon. Friend agree that measures to assess the age of children are necessary as ther...

Priti Patel | 747 cc708-9 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When I was Home Secretary, the case was brought to me of a 42...

John McDonnell | 747 c709 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Lady mentioned the Afghan scheme. I understand that the debate is about the safety...

Priti Patel | 747 c710 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely and fully understand the right hon. Gentleman’s position on this, but this is a mome...

Alistair Carmichael | 747 cc710-1 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Lady, particularly given the context she gave to this d...

Michael Ellis | 747 cc711-3 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to reject and oppose all 10 of the Lords amendments. In the other place last week, peer af...

Nigel Evans | 747 c713 (Link to this contribution)

Order. If the right hon. and learned Gentleman could mention the amendments now and again, that w...

Michael Ellis | 747 c713 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker.

That arrangement is entirely reasonable—and, as I s...

Caroline Lucas | 747 cc713-5 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in the debate.

This Bill is an affront to th...

John McDonnell | 747 c715 (Link to this contribution)

Leaving aside the decision of the Court, on Lords amendment 9 we are in danger of reversing the w...

Caroline Lucas | 747 cc715-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention and he is absolutely right in what he says....

Robert Buckland | 747 cc716-7 (Link to this contribution)

I note your strong exhortation to address the amendments, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I will address t...

Jeremy Wright | 747 c717 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for allowing me to intervene before he moves of...

Robert Buckland | 747 cc717-8 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend makes a powerful point. The amendment is capable of perfection. ...

Sammy Wilson | 747 cc718-9 (Link to this contribution)

The Democratic Unionist party supports the Bill, wishes it to come to fruition, and hopes that it...

Nigel Evans | 747 c719 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Could you mention some of the amendments as well?

Sammy Wilson | 747 c719 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, I am doing so, Mr Deputy Speaker. The point I was making was that we will support the Govern...

Kevin Foster | 747 cc719-721 (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson). I agree w...

Patrick Grady | 747 cc721-3 (Link to this contribution)

We have all heard the admonitions about speaking to the amendments, but it is worth reflecting on...

Nigel Evans | 747 cc723-4 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I intend to call the Minister to wind up at no later than 7.50 pm. I expect 10 votes, star...

Jim Shannon | 747 cc724-5 (Link to this contribution)

It is a real pleasure to speak in this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank right hon. and hon. Mem...

Michael Tomlinson | 747 cc725-8 (Link to this contribution)

May I start by thanking every single right hon. and hon. Member who has contributed during the co...

Roger Gale | 747 c750 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Before we proceed, I am informed that a Member swore at one of the Doorkeepers this evenin...

Clive Lewis | 747 c772 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I put on record my apologies to the Chair, to Members, an...

Roger Gale | 747 c772 (Link to this contribution)

I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s candour in identifying himself and the fullness of his apology,...

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