Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Debate between Tim Farron and Patrick Grady
Consideration of Lords message
Monday 15th April 2024
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Monday 15th April 2024
(8 months, 1 week ago)
Commons ChamberRead Full debate Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 View all Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 Debates Read Hansard Text Amendment Paper: Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 15 April 2024 - (15 Apr 2024)
Tim Farron
I had better not, because I am taking up more time, although I am sure I would have agreed with whatever the hon. Gentleman would have said!
I will simply finish with this. This is a Bill riddled with pretence: the pretence above all that it would be a deterrence to anybody. It is a ridiculous waste of taxpayers’ money and deeply cruel. If Rwanda is a safe place, it will deter no one from coming here and then being sent there. If it is an unsafe place, no decent Government would ever propose to send anyone to it. They cannot have it both ways; they have it neither.