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Select Committee
Law Society of England and Wales
AFU0010 - Follow-up to Afghanistan inquiry

Written Evidence Oct. 18 2023

Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: AFU0010 - Follow-up to Afghanistan inquiry Law Society of England and Wales Written Evidence


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee of the whole House Day 1 - Tue 16 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: William Cash (Con - Stone) judges that they seem to want to employ—and nor, for that matter, all the fees that the lawyers will - Speech Link
2: None seats would be so at risk if we did not do that. - Speech Link
3: Jane Stevenson (Con - Wolverhampton North East) These are people making money from others’ misery, and they are putting lives at risk. - Speech Link
4: Jane Stevenson (Con - Wolverhampton North East) Globally, we need to look at a bigger reality. Our responsibility in this place is to look forward. - Speech Link
5: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) 2023, and Rwanda ranked first in its region and 41st out of 142 globally. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Mendelsohn (Lab - Life peer) We have heard some of them previously, when looking at other times when we have used the courts or lawyers - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) between clients and, generally, their lawyers. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Globally, it is worth more than £13 billion a year and it is on course to grow by 9% per annum for the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) , but we are at risk of signalling that we are uninterested in the rule of law and in our international - Speech Link
2: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) of any number of lawyers. - Speech Link
3: Lord Tugendhat (Con - Life peer) subject under discussion and is of interest only to lawyers. - Speech Link
4: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) Thoroton, the presence of British officials and foreign judges in Rwanda, looking at these matters and - Speech Link
5: Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) risk within Rwanda at the moment. - Speech Link


Select Committee
The Law Society of England and Wales
VAPB0002 - Legislative Scrutiny: Victims and Prisoners Bill

Written Evidence Sep. 07 2023

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: VAPB0002 - Legislative Scrutiny: Victims and Prisoners Bill The Law Society of England and Wales Written


Lords Chamber
Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement - Mon 22 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) the United Kingdom at material risk of breaching our international law commitments and undermining the - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) My conclusion was that, contrary to the views of some lawyers and UN rapporteurs, but consistent with - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) The primary issue in those extradition proceedings was whether they were at real risk of a flagrant denial - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) new bodies are demonstrably in place, the relevant lawyers and judges appointed, the committees ready - Speech Link
5: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) only to the UK, thus directly addressing the risk of refoulement that lay at the heart of the Supreme - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) at high risk of fraud. - Speech Link
2: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) They are undermining border security and they are putting lives at risk. - Speech Link
3: Simon Fell (Con - Barrow and Furness) The Court argued that they were at risk. - Speech Link
4: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) globally from the persecution they face.Earlier this year, at UK Black Pride, I met people from African - Speech Link
5: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) We hear the left-wing lawyers do the same, but at least the lawyers in this place are probably trying - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) It would only put more lives at risk and continue to strain our communities and public services.As the - Speech Link
2: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) At the end of 2022, 76% of refugees globally were being hosted in low- and middle-income countries—countries - Speech Link
3: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) If they do not claim asylum, will they be at risk? - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) If you are an Afghan, now in Pakistan and at risk of being sent back, you have already faced far greater - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We must put a stop to the dangerous channel crossings that are putting lives at risk and to this mass - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Home Office

Dec. 12 2023

Source Page: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: policy statement
Document: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: policy statement (PDF)

Found: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: policy statement


Bill Documents
12 Dec 2023 - Relevant documents
Policy Statement from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024

Found: Policy Statement from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill