Illegal Migration Bill

(asked on 21st March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the Illegal Migration Bill with (a) the 1951 Refugee Convention, (b) the European Convention on Human Rights and (c) the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.


Answered by
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
This question was answered on 27th March 2023

The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding and well-known principle of Cabinet collective agreement.

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