Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

My Lords, perhaps within two minutes I will complete my observations to support the amendment mov...

My Lords, I would like to ask the Minister one question in the context of the provisions in Claus...

My Lords, I will speak only once today, as I did on Monday. The Greens will vote for all the amen...

My Lords, I support this amendment because it encapsulates the principle introduced by the noble ...

My Lords, we on these Benches agree that decision-makers and our domestic courts and tribunals ar...

My Lords, can I begin by setting the record straight? On Monday, I implied that no noble Lord had...

I rise in response to a point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, who referred to an article ...

My Lords, I was not on the visit to Rwanda with the committee, but I looked at all the notes that...

For the record, the Foreign Office travel advice for Rwanda was:

“LGBT individuals can expe...

My Lords, I, too, went to Rwanda with the noble Lord and, yes, the constitution talks about LGBT ...

My Lords, I am the last person to speak who was also in Rwanda last week and attended the same me...

My Lords, do these exchanges not suggest that many of us are liable to hear what we hope we will ...

I hesitate to stand up, looking around. We very much support Amendment 33 from the noble Baroness...

My Lords, this was a brisk debate that touched on a number of very important points. The noble Ba...

Have the procedures required under Article 10.3 of the treaty to ensure that refoulement does not...

My Lords, the Israeli case to which the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, referred was—I make ...

If the treaty has to be agreed and the Government have to be satisfied, how can they expect us to...

My Lords, I think, with respect to the noble and learned Baroness, that that point has been canva...

As always, I am grateful to all noble Lords, particularly those who spoke briefly. I am grateful ...

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

34: After Clause 4, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 34, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Dubs and with ...

My Lords, I would like to endorse the arguments used by my noble friend Lady Lister and to fully ...

My Lords, I rise also to support Amendment 34. I will keep my comments brief because I fully supp...

My Lords, I rise very briefly to support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Li...

My Lords, I also support Amendment 34. Several years ago, I was invited by the charity Safe Passa...

My Lords, I tabled Amendment 35 in this group, which is broadly similar to Amendment 34 in that i...

My Lords, I oppose this group of amendments on two grounds. I too want to promote the best intere...

The noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, makes an important point that provokes in me a question. I under...

My Lords, I will rise just to answer the question that was put to me. First, I do not speak on be...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, said that the Government were making tough decisions b...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. Amendment 34, ...

The Minister failed to quote the next part of the letter, which I started to quote, about the com...

And the point I was making is that this is done in combination with a variety of other methods an...

I have an important question. The Merton assessment is the standard assessment that is done of an...

As I have tried to explain, the initial assessment is made by two Home Office officers; the Merto...

May I therefore ask another question? What professionals are in Rwanda who can carry out that Mer...

My Lords, we have discussed on numerous occasions the question of a number of vulnerable individu...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in support of my amendment. To pick up what the nob...

My apologies: I meant to say that, yes, of course I am happy to meet.

I thank the Minister very much, but there is no child rights impact assessment, needless to say.<...

Moved by

Lord Hope of Craighead

36: Clause 5, page 5, line 15, leave out “Accordingly...

My Lords, there are three amendments in this group, and they are all directed to the provisions o...

Will the noble and learned Lord comment on the decision of the French Government to ignore Rule 3...

I was trying to explain that I am not getting engaged in that kind of debate. We have discussed t...

But your position is that this is now settled and that member states all agree, when they patentl...

My Lords, I am not going to respond. As I say, this is Report, and I am adopting a very particula...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, and the ...

My Lords, I oppose Amendments 36, 37, and 38 in respect of Rule 39 interim measures. I am afraid ...

The noble Lord said earlier that he wants to speak at length because he feels the issue is import...

I am interested that the noble Baroness for the Liberal Democrats is so keen to avoid debate but,...

We do not make Second Reading speeches on Report.

I take on board the noble Baroness’s view, but I am not making a Second Reading speech. I am spea...

My Lords, there is a long day ahead and there have been many deliberations on all these subjects ...

I thank the Whip for that guidance. If I can proceed to conclude my remarks—

No.

However much the noble Baroness heckles from a sedentary position, I will not sit down and I will...

My Lords, I will be brief. I follow my noble and learned friend Lord Hope of Craighead and the no...

The noble Lord has a proud and long-standing record of defending human and civil rights, which we...

I disagree with the noble Lord; the amendments are about interim measures. The Joint Select Commi...

My Lords, I promise I will be brief. First, there appears to be agreement that there was not tota...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group and will be sorry if, as I suspect may be th...

My Lords, as the House will know, I tend not to want lawyers to have it all their own way when th...

My Lords, on that last remark, I absolutely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Deben. That is why, o...

I agree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope—this is not the time to go back over the argum...

I deal with matters which are within my lifespan, I am afraid. It is certainly the case that the ...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to perhaps the least contentious amendment in this group, Amendmen...

I point out that the noble Lord did not quote me correctly. I did not say that he should kill the...

My Lords, as I said, Amendment 37 puts the ball in the court of the Attorney-General; it is for h...

My Lords, I am again grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this debate, opened by ...

Oh!

Oh, she is. Well, while she did not press the point again, there was none the less a Green-wedge ...

My Lords, before the Minister leaves that point about carrier pigeons, can he say when the respon...

My Lords, the answer to the noble Lord’s question is “imminently”.

Returning to the corresp...

I am very grateful to the Minister. I recall that, of the Grand Chamber in Mamatkulov, 13 of the ...

It would be in circumstances where compliance is not possible.

Turning to Amendment 37 in t...

My Lords, the text that the Minister read out placed a great deal of importance on the phrase “do...

My Lords, I now turn to Amendment 37 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker.

My Lords, I do not wish to prolong things, but so we can be completely clear, is the Minister acc...

My Lords, as I said, the Bill is in line with international law. It is not correct that a failure...

Can we then take it from what the Minister has said that, if the Government, after taking appropr...

The point is that Rule 39 interim measures are not final judgments of the European Court of Human...

My Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords from all sides of the House, whatever their views may...

Does the noble and learned Lord take comfort, as I do, and perhaps some people watching these pro...

That is a perfectly fair point to make; there are other amendments we have passed that carry us a...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

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

“Numb...

My Lords, I feel a bit of an impostor with this set of amendments, because I think your Lordships...

Before the noble Lord leaves that point, will he also underline, yet again, the importance, withi...

The noble Lord, Lord Alton, makes the point for himself, and I absolutely support what he has jus...

The noble Lord is of course quite right that if there is a conflict between the two Houses of Par...

We have said quite clearly all along that we will not block the Bill. I accept the point made by ...

Oh!

I feel like just moving Amendments 40 and 41 and sitting down. I probably should.

These ame...

Before the noble Lord sits down—and I hesitate to interrupt what has been a wonderfully entertain...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, for reminding me that I have a copy of that National Audit ...

I too enjoyed the vintage, bravura performance from the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, but let me move ...

My Lords, if there is no other willing speaker, I say to the House that, set alongside breaching ...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, in his comments. The issues we should be concer...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for introducing these amendments in such fine styl...

My Lords, I do not feel the need to press Amendment 40, but I will test the opinion of the House ...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

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

“Remo...

I wish to test the opinion of the House.

Moved by

Baroness Butler-Sloss

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