Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

My Lords, I have Amendments 58, 60 and 61 in this group, and I share them with the noble and lear...

The noble Baroness said that the Strasbourg court would make such an order only in dire straits, ...

No, I will not set that out, given the hour. I am talking about the general principle here, and I...

I strongly agree with the point that the noble Baroness has made. My name is to Amendments 57 and...

My Lords, I am listening carefully to the noble Lord. In all sincerity, what is the difference be...

The noble Lord is well aware that the Strasbourg court has decided to pass various reforms and th...

My Lords, the words that I am about to utter are largely not mine. They are the words of the nobl...

My Lords, I would like to follow those who have supported some of this group of amendments. I do ...

My Lords, I want to speak very briefly to group 5 amendments. Specifically, I go back to the answ...

It might just be helpful if the noble Lord would apologise to my noble friend, to say that he was...

It was very observant of the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, but I was in here. I left to get my notes t...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. My complaint about the use of the term “foreign c...

I think that is a moot point, in so far as—

Oh!

I am always delighted to amuse the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti.

Articles 26 and 27 of ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I am very interested in his points about internat...

I say, gently, to the noble Baroness that this issue with unrestricted, unprecedented levels of g...

The noble Lord, Lord Howard, did me the honour of quoting a passage which I had written in a fore...

My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to Amendments 58, 60 and 61, to which my most reverend friend t...

My Lords, I support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti, and in the na...

The noble and learned Lord kindly referred to the Answer that I gave at the Dispatch Box, which I...

I completely agree with that. The Ministerial Code is to be enforced politically, in many respect...

My Lords, I have given notice, with the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, of my intention to ...

My Lords, I was in a queue waiting to pay my bill at dinner and therefore arrived a few minutes l...

My Lords, these amendments all concern the response to interim orders of the European Court of Hu...

Hence, as I think I said, many of us across the Committee agreed with what some Ministers opposit...

Indeed, but not only were reasons not given; the Government were not given an opportunity to come...

My Lords, as someone who was called to the Bar many years ago and has not subsequently done a gre...

My Lords, as a signatory to the stand-part proposition in the name of the noble and learned Lord,...

I am not a lawyer and I do not wish to refer to any of the legal aspects of the amendment; there ...

My Lords—

Just one moment—I will say what is reasonable and the noble Lord can say it is not. I think that,...

With respect, a statement of conclusion does not give any of the reasons for coming to that concl...

It gave the decision that the ongoing domestic judicial review process should be concluded.

Of course it is right that NSK’s application for an interim injunction was heard by the High Cour...

I thank the noble Lord. I said that the court issued a press release; I did not say it made a jud...

My Lords, the ancient court known as the Sanhedrin, at its full complement, sat with 71 judges an...

My Lords, Amendment 62 in the name of my noble friend Lord Coaker would ensure that a Minister of...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the Committee for an exceptionally lively, informed and lear...

Why, then, does the Victims and Prisoners Bill, as presented by the Government, require the Secre...

I think the answer to the first point is that the Victims and Prisoners Bill relates to victims, ...

Why is it not susceptible to judicial review? Ouster of the courts normally involves at least a p...

My Lords, I am not in a position to go into detailed discussion on this point, but I have given t...

Could the Minister indicate when he might be in a position to debate it?

I undertake to correspond with the noble and learned Lord on that.

Amendments 58, 60 and 61...

I am grateful that the Minister was kind enough to inform the Committee about the November reform...

I gave the noble Baroness a list of the recommendations, or the proposed amendments to the rules,...

The Minister said, and I agree, that nothing in Clause 5 requires the United Kingdom to breach it...

My Lords, ultimately the matter for the Committee to take into account—I appreciate that I am not...

Surely it is relevant to this Committee, if we are being invited to pass Clause 5 into law, to kn...

My Lords, in addressing the Committee, I outlined that the position in relation to international ...

I do not believe there is any dispute in this Committee about the proposition that the Minister h...

My Lords, in view of the hour and the information which I have to hand, and given the stark terms...

Is it not the case that the answer to the question of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, is that it d...

I am grateful to my noble friend but the answer “it depends” renders the matter, to a certain ext...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this predominantly technical debate on t...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

66: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—

“Repo...

My Lords, with Amendments 66 and 67 we get to the meat, in many respects, of the Bill. We also st...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 76A, in my name and in the name of my noble friend Lady Ha...

Before the noble Lord moves on to the other bits, can he give us some estimate of how much it wil...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, who has been here during the various days in Committee. He will ...

If it does not rise.

Well, that is the deterrent effect. Assuming that of those who are coming, 50% on a regular basis...

My Lords—

Before I give way, presumably what the noble Lord wants to get to is a deterrent effect of 100%, ...

I asked the noble Lord for his estimate of what will happen if we have no deterrent effect and th...

The Permanent Secretary at the Home Office was unable to do so. That is why he sought ministerial...

Will the noble Lord give way?

I will address the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, and then happily give way to the ...

A deterrent effect of 90%.

From a sedentary position. I agree with the noble Lord. I think Hansard picked it up: a successfu...

It is very interesting that the noble Lord should refer to the effectiveness of the Albania arran...

Even for the noble Lord, it is a bit of a leap to say that a negotiated relocation agreement with...

My Lords, I want to speak in support of Amendment 67, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker....

That is an interesting thought, but I wonder whether it underlays this provision. I had assumed, ...

That may not be the reason why it has been so drafted, but it is my interpretation of one of the ...

My Lords, the poke is very difficult to interrogate. One of the provisions of the treaty is about...

My Lords, are we not in danger of simply adding to the bureaucracy of the Bill by demanding an ex...

My Lords, it is certainly the case that we ask for a lot of information, but if there is no oblig...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this relatively short debate. Just for the r...

The question that is being asked all the time is: how does Parliament keep it under review and ra...

I appreciate that it is not the answer that the noble and learned Lord was seeking—

Sorry, but it is not an answer at all to the question: how does Parliament in some way or another...

I do not believe I have, my Lords. What I am trying to say here is that the joint committee has t...

I am grateful for that comment. Just for the record, it is 11.13 pm on the last day of Committee,...

My Lords, we have gone into the operation of the joint committee and various other bodies in cons...

What steps beyond the passage of this Bill are required for the UK Government to ratify the treat...

Again, I say to the noble and learned Lord that we had a lengthy debate about that a couple of we...

I am not sure that is an answer. Apart from the passage of this Bill, which is the only thing tha...

I am sorry, I disagree. I think I answered the question about what has to happen in order for the...

The Minister has just said that the numbers are uncapped, but in the walkthroughs and exercises, ...

My Lords, I do not have the precise number. I will find it and write to the noble Lord. As I say,...

My Lords, I do not often say this to the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, but that was a really disappoin...

It is quite wrong to insult the Civil Service.

Well, it is someone’s idea of how to answer that particular question, but it is not an answer.