Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement

My Lords, it is an enormous pleasure to follow the two noble Lords, and in particular my noble an...

My Lords, I am happy to follow the noble Baroness. I am grateful for the committee’s work, especi...

My Lords, it is a privilege to take part in this debate and I am very grateful to the Government ...

My Lords, this treaty with the Republic of Rwanda underlies the safety of Rwanda Bill. If were no...

My Lords, the creation of our International Agreements Committee is a rare constitutional highlig...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak today and thank the International Agreements Committ...

My Lords, for those Members of your Lordships’ House with whom I have debated immigration and mig...

My Lords, I refer to the register of interests for support from RAMP.

We are indebted to th...

My Lords, the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership, which the House is debating today, wi...

My Lords, as a member of the relevant committee, about which many compliments have been paid, par...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the wonderfully clear and blunt speech of the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, the whole House is greatly in the debt of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, f...

My Lords, I am reminded of a saying of John Major’s: if you are in a hole, stop digging. I will b...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for tabling these two Motions to al...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and members of the Interna...

My Lords, this is a significant debate, which includes a very serious Motion—the first of its kin...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter. She spoke with calm authori...

My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, who I kn...

I am grateful, since the noble Lord mentioned me, because I know interventions are unusual in thi...

I know that this is a legalistic point, but that is the thing about the Supreme Court: it tends t...

My Lords, I am grateful for the indulgence of the House for allowing me a few minutes in the gap ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak in this debate, where we have heard many excellent, inf...

My Lords, here we go again on Rwanda, with the treaty today and the Bill next week. Both are inex...

My Lords, I am grateful for this debate and all the contributions that have been made.

The ...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has been very helpful, as he usually is. He has ...

If the noble Lord will indulge me, I have a long way to go and I hope to get to all of his questi...

I am sorry to interrupt but I asked specifically about age-disputed children, where the protectio...

I was just getting to that. As regards children where the age-assessment results are not conclusi...

Before the Minister sits down, could he explain to your Lordships why, if the Government believe ...

My Lords, I think I just did. I will go over it again. As I said, the Home Secretary, cannot say ...

I am sorry to be naggy, but I think the Minister got close to promising me an answer to my simple...

The answer to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, is when we have the treaty and the Bill, and the Rwan...

Oh!

Last week the Prime Minister urged the Opposition in the House of Lords to get on board and do th...

My Lords, I very much resent that last piece from the Minister. I presented this on the basis tha...