Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following Government motions:

That this Hous...

Here we are, back again debating the same issues and amendments that we have already rejected. We...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I will not give way.

On Lords amendment 1, the use of a section 19(1)(b) statement does...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not. Turning to Lords amendment 7B, we know that assessing age is inherently difficult, bu...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not; I will make some progress. Lords amendment 9 undermines provisions in existing legisl...

I call the shadow Minister.

It is just over two years to the day since the Rwanda scheme was first announced from the Governm...

The hon. Gentleman is proving most entertaining, but as this is consideration of Lords amendments...

Order. If the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) was not in order, I would not have allow...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I always enjoy taking interventions from a fellow Welshman, but ...

Will my hon. Friend take an intervention from a non-fellow Scotsman?

I will.

I am sure that my hon. Friend has, like me, marvelled at the Government’s ability to legislate fo...

I am sure that those on the Government Benches would be delighted to oblige. Perhaps we could als...

As the shadow Minister and I know, the key issue is not that ARAP people are coming via small boa...

A number of people who served the British defence, development and diplomatic effort have been id...

My hon. Friend was accused of levity earlier. This House has so many things to discuss. There are...

My hon. Friend is right that so many practical, pragmatic and sensible measures could be taken to...

Does my hon. Friend agree that although the Bill is inhumane, costly and unworkable—despite the b...

There is a clear choice between the common sense, hard graft and positive international co-operat...

I do not really feel that there is anything terribly useful I can say at this stage—I have heard ...

I call the SNP spokesman.

Here we are again, debating this outrageous and unworkable Bill. We are no further forward, and t...

On that point, if the UK Government think they can just ignore all the international commitments ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The hypocrisy goes even further than that: this Government ex...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

If the hon. Gentleman thinks that our own domestic judges should not be allowed to make decisions...

I was going to point out that section 57 of the Immigration Act 2023, to which the hon. Lady refe...

This legislation inhibits the ability to look at facts, and I think that is quite a dangerous roa...

Those are good points because vulnerable people are already being targeted by the Government, if ...

Having met many constituents and other people who have been victims, as the hon. Member sets out,...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am coming to the end of my remarks.

The Government will not even listen to these people’s...

I am very grateful to the Minister for setting out in detail the changes and amendments the Gover...

Does the hon. Gentleman think it is helpful for the Prime Minister and the former Home Secretary ...

I know the Prime Minister has made the point that, given that the court is based in Strasbourg, c...

I am a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and I am not aware that I am...

Order. Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman means that they might disappear into the community. That ...

I was using rather colourful phraseology just to make my point, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I take ...

I will forgive the right hon. Gentleman on this occasion: they will disappear into the community....

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for highlighting that ...

Order. It will be obvious to the House that we have just over an hour left for the remainder of t...

We are now on the final stages of the legislative journey of the Rwanda scheme announced two year...

I will try to beat the extraordinary record of my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William C...

I returned to the Chamber especially to hear my right hon. and learned Friend, and I was delighte...

I have always walked in sunlight; it is others who have perhaps walked through a veil of shadows....

Order. I remind the House that due to the pressure on time, the debate on hospices will not take ...

I rise in support of the Lords amendments, which I will vote to retain this evening. I will keep ...

My hon. Friend will be aware that many people all over Europe, particularly in the Council of Eur...

I fully agree that the Bill sets a dangerous precedent. I am pleased to say that the disgracefuln...

I rise to support the amendments from the other place that the Government are seeking to overturn...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I had better not, because I am taking up more time, although I am sure I would have agreed with w...

The Bill casts a shadow over the reputation of this place and over our country as one where the r...

The dangers to any nation whose

Government seek to put themselves above the law and the cou...

Following John McDonnell, with the leave of the House, the Minister will respond.

I only want to make four brief points, which are based on my experience in my own constituency. A...

I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way on that point. It has been my privilege to visit Cala...

The other lesson I have learnt from meeting a wide range of asylum seekers—and this, in a sense, ...

With the leave of the House, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I opened the debate by saying that we were ...

I am expecting several Divisions.

Question put.