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UK-Rwanda Partnership

Proceeding contribution from Lord Liddle (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 7 December 2023. It occurred during Ministerial statement on UK-Rwanda Partnership.

I will follow up on the question from the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. Setting aside the arguments about the law and human rights and all that, the basic justification for this policy is that the Rwanda scheme would offer a deterrent which is necessary to stop channel crossings. It is therefore of fundamental importance to the argument to know how many people can be sent to Rwanda under the scheme. The Court of Appeal said that 100 were allowed. Will the Minister therefore contradict the Court of Appeal and tell us the real number, and will he tell Conservative Central Office to stop putting out propaganda that thousands of people can be sent to Rwanda, which is just ridiculous?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
834 c1619 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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