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Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement

Debates on treaty on Monday, 22 January 2024, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Goldsmith. The answering member was Lord Sharpe of Epsom.
Lords motion to take note of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership Agreement to Strengthen Shared International Commitments on the Protection of Refugees and Migrants. Agreed to on question.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

835 cc596-655 

Session

2023-24

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Goldsmith | 835 cc596-601 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there are two Motions in my name on the Order Paper, and I shall speak to both. The fir...

Lord Howell of Guildford | 835 cc601-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, presided with very great skill over this re...


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Baroness Chakrabarti | 835 cc602-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is an enormous pleasure to follow the two noble Lords, and in particular my noble an...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 835 cc605-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am happy to follow the noble Baroness. I am grateful for the committee’s work, especi...

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 835 cc608-611 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to take part in this debate and I am very grateful to the Government ...

Lord Sandhurst | 835 cc611-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this treaty with the Republic of Rwanda underlies the safety of Rwanda Bill. If were no...

Lord Anderson of Ipswich | 835 cc613-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the creation of our International Agreements Committee is a rare constitutional highlig...

Bishop of Gloucester | 835 cc615-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak today and thank the International Agreements Committ...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 835 cc616-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, for those Members of your Lordships’ House with whom I have debated immigration and mig...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 835 cc617-620 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to the register of interests for support from RAMP.

We are indebted to th...

Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 835 cc620-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership, which the House is debating today, wi...

Lord Razzall | 835 cc622-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as a member of the relevant committee, about which many compliments have been paid, par...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 835 cc624-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the wonderfully clear and blunt speech of the noble Lord, Lo...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 835 cc625-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the whole House is greatly in the debt of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, f...

Lord Balfe | 835 cc628-630 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am reminded of a saying of John Major’s: if you are in a hole, stop digging. I will b...

Baroness O'Loan | 835 cc630-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for tabling these two Motions to al...

Baroness Lawlor | 835 cc632-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and members of the Interna...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 835 cc634-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a significant debate, which includes a very serious Motion—the first of its kin...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 835 cc635-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter. She spoke with calm authori...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 835 cc638-640 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, who I kn...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 835 c640 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful, since the noble Lord mentioned me, because I know interventions are unusual in thi...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 835 c640 (Link to this contribution)

I know that this is a legalistic point, but that is the thing about the Supreme Court: it tends t...

Baroness Kingsmill | 835 cc640-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the indulgence of the House for allowing me a few minutes in the gap ...

Lord Fox | 835 cc641-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak in this debate, where we have heard many excellent, inf...

Lord Coaker | 835 cc643-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, here we go again on Rwanda, with the treaty today and the Bill next week. Both are inex...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 835 cc646-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for this debate and all the contributions that have been made.

The ...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 835 c648 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has been very helpful, as he usually is. He has ...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 835 cc648-651 (Link to this contribution)

If the noble Lord will indulge me, I have a long way to go and I hope to get to all of his questi...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 835 c651 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to interrupt but I asked specifically about age-disputed children, where the protectio...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 835 cc651-3 (Link to this contribution)

I was just getting to that. As regards children where the age-assessment results are not conclusi...

Baroness O'Loan | 835 c653 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister sits down, could he explain to your Lordships why, if the Government believe ...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 835 c653 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think I just did. I will go over it again. As I said, the Home Secretary, cannot say ...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 835 c653 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to be naggy, but I think the Minister got close to promising me an answer to my simple...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 835 c653 (Link to this contribution)

The answer to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, is when we have the treaty and the Bill, and the Rwan...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 835 cc653-4 (Link to this contribution)

Last week the Prime Minister urged the Opposition in the House of Lords to get on board and do th...

Lord Goldsmith | 835 cc654-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much resent that last piece from the Minister. I presented this on the basis tha...

Notes

Debated with motion to resolve, in accordance with section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, that His Majesty’s Government should not ratify the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership until the protections it provides have been fully implemented, since Parliament is being asked to make a judgement, based on the Agreement, about whether Rwanda is safe.
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