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Rwanda Treaty

Private notice question on Friday, 8 December 2023, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Collins of Highbury. The answering member was Lord Sharpe of Epsom.
Lords private notice question on what additional costs they expect to be incurred as a result of this week’s signing of a treaty to facilitate the removal of migrants to Rwanda.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

834 cc1706-1710 

Session

2023-24

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1706 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Government of Rwanda did not ask for money to sign the treaty, nor did we offer any...

Lord Collins of Highbury | 834 c1706 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, yesterday, my noble friend Lord Liddle asked what is the present capacity of Rwanda to ...


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Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 cc1706-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord is quite right: I was unable to answer that question yesterday, for whic...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 834 c1707 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the International Agreements Committee will be scrutinising the new treaty. Will the Mi...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1707 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Government have already committed to appropriate scrutiny of the treaty. I will tak...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 834 c1707 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there has been a great deal of focus on the cost of the partnership. Can the Minister p...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1707 (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend makes a good point. Those focusing solely on the costs of the partnership are som...

Bishop of Chelmsford | 834 c1707 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, will the monitoring committee, as outlined in the economic development partnership and ...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

The treaty enhances the role of the independent monitoring committee. It will ensure that obligat...

Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 834 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister acknowledge and confirm that Home Office officials insisted on a letter of dire...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

On the noble Baroness’s second point, the Government are devoting considerable resources to tackl...

Lord Cormack | 834 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we all completely condemn these terrible criminals, but how many have been apprehended?...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not know the answer to that. Part of the reason that I do not know the answer is t...

Viscount Waverley | 834 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, on costs and criminal gangs, may I ask for clarity following my question yesterday and ...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

I will have to write to the noble Viscount about extradition requests. I do not know the answer.<...

Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 834 c1709 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister said the funding of this ill-considered and, I think we will find, ill-fat...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1709 (Link to this contribution)

The money is actually going to the ETIF, which is responsible for the economic growth and develop...

Baroness Henig | 834 c1709 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, can I just ask about the deterrent aspect of this issue? By my calculations, more than ...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1709 (Link to this contribution)

In answer to the noble Baroness’s first question, I say that the deterrent effect is already work...

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 834 c1709 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wonder whether the Minister will reflect on what he has just said. The Prime Minister...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1709 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in answer to the first part of the question, of course the Albanian returns agreement i...

Lord Hacking | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if I can just come back again on the issue of money, I have a figure in front of me of ...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

What is a great worry to the Government is that the costs of the migration system, as I mentioned...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Taylor asked the Minister a simple question: have Ministers been r...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

The answer is that I do not know. I will have to write to the noble Lord.

Lord Davies of Brixton | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, for those who are a bit slow with their arithmetic, £8 million a day is £3 billion a ye...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

That is an interesting conclusion to draw. The simple fact is that we are also clearing the backl...

Lord Berkeley | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, how many British Government officials will be sent to Rwanda to process these people, a...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 834 c1710 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the point of the scheme is that if they are granted asylum then they stay in Rwanda. As...

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