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These initiatives were driven by Lord Roberts of Llandudno, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
A bill to make provision for unaccompanied asylum seeking children to receive legal advice and for extending the deadline for an unaccompanied asylum seeking child to appeal an asylum decision
Lord Roberts of Llandudno has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
The government has set out intentions with regards to the MEDP. Any future legislation will be set out in due course.
The Government is committed to a new policy agenda, which is why we are moving away from the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP) with Rwanda and refocusing our efforts on a new returns and asylum system and Border Security Command.
Funding and efforts will be focused on expanding our enforcement and returns capability, so those with no right to be here are swiftly removed.
The Government is committed to a new policy agenda, which is why we are moving away from the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP) with Rwanda.
Contractual obligations are subject to commercial sensitivities and cannot be disclosed.
In her statement to the House on 22 July, the Home Secretary said the Rwanda-UK partnership had cost £700 million, which encompasses the direct costs of the partnership as detailed in the National Audit Office report released March 1, 2024, as well as expenses related to preparing for relocation flights to Rwanda and implementing the Illegal Migration Act (IMA).