Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Report (1st Day) – in the House of Lords at 5:55 pm on 4 March 2024.
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Lord Hope of Craighead:
Moved by Lord Hope of Craighead
7: Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at the end insert— “(7) The Rwanda Treaty will have been fully implemented for the purposes of this Act when the Secretary of State has obtained and laid before Parliament a statement from the independent Monitoring Committee formed under Article 15 that the objectives referred to in Article 2 of the Treaty have been secured by the creation of the mechanisms listed in that Article.(8) The Secretary of State must consult the Monitoring Committee every three months during the period that the Treaty remains in force, and must make a statement to Parliament at the earliest opportunity in the event that the advice of the Monitoring Committee is that the provisions of the Treaty are not being adhered to in practice.(9) If the advice of the Monitoring Committee is as referred to in subsection (8), the Rwanda Treaty shall cease to be treated as fully implemented for the purposes of this Act unless and until the Secretary of State has obtained from the Monitoring Committee, and laid before Parliament, subsequent advice that the provisions of the Treaty are being adhered to in practice.”Member's explanatory statementThis Amendment seeks to provide a means by which it can be determined for the purposes of this Act that the Rwanda Treaty has been, and continues to be, fully implemented.
Lord Hope of Craighead
Judge
My Lords, I wish to test the opinion of the House on this Amendment.
Ayes 277, Noes 167.
Division number 3
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 7
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)
6:09,
4 March 2024
My Lords, before I call the next amendments, I will explain the order of pre-emption, because it is important. If Amendment 8 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 9 to 11 due to pre-emption. If Amendment 9 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 10 and 11 due to pre-emption. If Amendment 10 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 11 due to pre-emption. I will remind your Lordships at the relevant points. I now call Amendment 8.
Clause 2: Safety of the Republic of Rwanda
Amendment 8 not moved.
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)
I remind noble Lords that, if Amendment 9 is agreed to, I will be unable to call Amendments 10 and 11 due to pre-emption.
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