My Lords, my noble friend asserts that the Government are complying with the rule of law and respect the position of the courts and so on. Why does the Bill expressly rule out any court in future considering any evidence that Rwanda perhaps is not complying with the treaty that he has described, and why does the Bill expressly rule out the provision of various features of international law when it comes to consider future behaviour by the Government of Rwanda? The terms of the Bill seem to contradict the complete confidence with which my noble friend is putting forward this ideal situation that is likely to prevail for all time on the ground in east Africa.
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 4 March 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
836 c1342 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-03-18 11:03:49 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-03-04/24030422000149
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-03-04/24030422000149
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-03-04/24030422000149