European Convention on Human Rights

Baroness Wheatcroft Excerpts

Monday 18th July 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Bellamy (Con)]

I will happily give the noble Baroness that assurance, and I assure your Lordships that I will work with any or all of you to ensure that this Bill meets such concerns as you may have, in so far as it is within my power to do so.

[Baroness Wheatcroft (CB)]

My Lords, the Minister is reassuringly adamant in his commitment to the convention. Can he assure the House about how he defends the export of asylum seekers to Rwanda in the face of the convention?

[Lord Bellamy (Con)]

We are entirely satisfied that the Government’s policy on asylum seekers is in compliance with the convention. In this context, I do not think that I can add to that answer.