UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership Arrangement Debate

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Department: Home Office

UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership Arrangement

Lord Hannay of Chiswick Excerpts
Monday 25th April 2022

(2 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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I think I have explained the provisions in the Bill. They are underpinned by legislation going back over 20 years but, as I explained to the House during the passage of the Bill, it is the certification process that is now in play in the Bill.

Lord Hannay of Chiswick Portrait Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)
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If, as they say, the Government see the need for new and innovative means of dealing with the migration crisis now, did they have any contact with any of the other signatories to the refugee convention about these new and innovative methods before taking action on their own?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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My Lords, I think it is quite clear why we are taking action now.