In answer to the noble Baroness’s first question, I say that the deterrent effect is already working; arrivals this year are down by around 30%, as my right honourable friend the Home Secretary noted the other day. As regards value for money, the point of this is to stop the boats. As I said in answer to my noble friend, hotel accommodation is costing the taxpayer £8 million a day. How is that value for money?
Rwanda Treaty
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 8 December 2023.
It occurred during Private notice question on Rwanda Treaty.
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