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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2023-24

Act of Parliament (1)

Full text of the Act of Parliament as passed by Parliament (this is the Act in its original state. The Act may have been amended by another Act and any such amendments are not shown in this version).

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (c. 8)
25 April 2024

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

HL Bill 66 Commons Reason
22 April 2024
Lords
Bill 206 2023-24 Lords Non-Insistence and Amendments in Lieu
22 April 2024
Commons
HL Bill 65 Commons Reasons
22 April 2024
Lords
Bill 203 2023-24 Lords Non-Insistence and Amendments in Lieu
18 April 2024
Commons
HL Bill 61 Commons Reasons
17 April 2024
Lords
Bill 201 2023-24 Lords Non-Insistence, and Amendments in Lieu
17 April 2024
Commons
HL Bill 60 Commons Disagreement, Reasons, Insistence on Disagreement and Amendment in Lieu
15 April 2024
Lords
Bill 193 2023-24 (Lords non-insistence, amendments in lieu, insistence and reason)
22 March 2024
Commons
HL Bill 55 Commons Reasons
18 March 2024
Lords
Bill 182 2023-24 (Lords Amendments)
13 March 2024
Commons
7 March 2024
Lords
18 January 2024
Lords
Bill 38 2023-24 (as introduced)
7 December 2023
Commons
Bill 38 2023-24 - large print
7 December 2023
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

Bill 182 EN 2023-24 (Lords Amendments)
15 March 2024
Commons
18 January 2024
Lords
Bill 38 EN 2023-24
7 December 2023
Commons
Bill 38 EN 2023-24 - large print
7 December 2023
Commons

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

HL Bill 66-I Motion for Consideration of Commons Reason
22 April 2024
Lords
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
HL Bill 65-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons
22 April 2024
Lords
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
HL Bill 61-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons
17 April 2024
Lords
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 17 April 2024
17 April 2024
Commons
HL Bill 60-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendment
16 April 2024
Lords
Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 15 April 2024
15 April 2024
Commons
HL Bill 55-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Reasons
19 March 2024
Lords
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 18 March 2024
18 March 2024
Commons
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 15 March 2024
15 March 2024
Commons
Notices of CCLA Amendments as at 14 March 2024
14 March 2024
Commons
HL Bill 41-R-II Second marshalled list for Report
4 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R-I(a) Amendment for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
1 March 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R-I Marshalled list for Report
29 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R(f) Amendment for Report
28 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R(e) Amendments for Report
27 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R(d) Amendments for Report
23 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R(c) Amendments for Report
22 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R(b) Amendments for Report
21 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-R(a) Amendments for Report
20 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-III Third marshalled list for Committee
15 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-II Second marshalled list for Committee
12 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41-I Marshalled list for Committee
8 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41(g) Amendments for Committee
7 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41(f) Amendments for Committee
6 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41(e) Amendments for Committee
5 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41(d) Amendments for Committee
2 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41(c) Amendments for Committee
1 February 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41(b) Amendments for Committee
31 January 2024
Lords
HL Bill 41(a) Amendments for Committee
30 January 2024
Lords
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 17 January 2024
17 January 2024
Commons
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 16 January 2024
16 January 2024
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 15 January 2024
15 January 2024
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 12 January 2024
12 January 2024
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 11 January 2024
11 January 2024
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2024
10 January 2024
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 20 December 2023
20 December 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 15 December 2023
15 December 2023
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 13 December 2023
13 December 2023
Commons

Minutes of the Reasons Committee held in the House of Commons to consider Lords Amendments to a Bill

Minutes of Reasons Committee - 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 17 April 2024
17 April 2024
Commons
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 15 April 2024
15 April 2024
Commons
Minutes of Reasons Committee - 18 March 2024
18 March 2024
Commons

In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.

Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly - 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly - 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly - 17 April 2024
17 April 2024
Commons
Grouping of Motions and Lords Amendments by Secretary James Cleverly and selection of motions and amendments by Mr Speaker - 15 April 2024
15 April 2024
Commons
Grouping by Secretary James Cleverly and selection of motions by Mr Speaker - 18 March 2024
18 March 2024
Commons
Provisional grouping and selection of amendments by Chairman of Ways and Means - 17 January 2024
17 January 2024
Commons
Provisional grouping and selection of amendments by Chairman of Ways and Means - 16 January 2024
16 January 2024
Commons
Provisional grouping and selection of amendments by Chairman of Ways and Means
10 January 2024
Commons

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 17 April 2024
17 April 2024
Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 15 April 2024
15 April 2024
Commons
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 18 March 2024
18 March 2024
Commons
Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 17 January 2024
17 January 2024
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

Research briefing on progress of the Bill
14 March 2024
Commons
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: HL Bill 41
25 January 2024
Lords
Research Briefing on legal commentary
12 January 2024
Commons
Research briefing on the Bill
8 December 2023
Commons

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

4th Report of the International Agreements Committee
23 February 2024
8th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
25 January 2024
Lords

The Government human rights memorandum is prepared by the Government to assist the Joint Committee on Human Rights with its scrutiny of the Bill’s human rights implications.

Human Rights Memorandum from the Home Office - December 2023
7 December 2023
Commons

A collection of papers relevant to the bill

Policy Statement from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
12 December 2023
Commons
Equality Impact Assessment from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
12 December 2023
Commons
Economic Note from the Home Office - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
12 December 2023
Commons

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Letter from Lord Sharpe to Baroness Hamwee and others regarding the scope of the annual report referred to in the government amendment 9C.
23 April 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Coaker regarding the committee stage debate: the Government's assessment of the numbers of people the Bill applies to.
12 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Falconer regarding report stage debate: internal procedures required in the UK for ratification of the UK-Rwanda Treaty: Provision of an Asylum Partnership.
12 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord German regarding the report stage debate: advice in relation to consultation with the Chanel Islands on the Bill.
12 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Kerr regarding procedures established in line with Article 10.3 of the UK-Rwanda Treaty to ensure refoulement does not take place.
11 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Scriven regarding the points raised in the report stage debate (first day): terminology in Article 13 of the Treaty.
6 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Scriven regarding the report stage debate (first day): legal provisions in Rwanda for those identifying as transgender.
6 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Anderson regarding compliance with interim measures and international obligations.
6 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Falconer regarding why a decision made by a minister to not follow an interim measure from the European Court of Human rights is not susceptible to judicial review.
6 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Chakrabarti regarding consultation with the Attorney General, and complying with interim measure.
6 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Chakrabarti regarding the committee stage debate: Clause 5 - the operation of interim measures indicated by the European Court of Human Rights under Rule 39 of its Rules of Court.
6 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Purvis regarding the committee stage debate: victims of modern slavery and human trafficking (referrals into the National Referral Mechanism) and the Illegal Migration Act.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Baroness Brinton regarding the Safety of committee stage debate: age assessment provisions in the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and their effect on those eligible for removal to Rwanda.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Purvis regarding the committee stage debate: funding elements for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord Carlile regarding the committee stage debate: accommodation currently available in Rwanda.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Sharpe to Baroness Lister regarding the committee stage debate: question concerning Home Office statistics on those in detention who have suffered torture.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Whitaker regarding the committee stage debate: detention of the journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Scriven regarding committee stage debate, including progress towards operationalisation of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership, 'incompatibility' between Rwandan and UK laws, and Rwandan decision-making and provision of care for all relocated individuals.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Kerr regarding the committee stage debate: the safety of Rwanda for the purposes of relocating individuals under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Falconer regarding committee stage debate: implementation in practice of the provisions in the UK-Rwanda Treaty: Provision of an asylum partnership - question concerning Rwandan domestic legislation.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Baroness Lister regarding the committee stage debate (second day): Northern Ireland - Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Anderson regarding the impact of the Bill in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission report.
4 March 2024
Letter from Lord Stewart to Lord Falconer regarding implementation in practice of the provisions set out in the UK-Rwanda Treaty.
4 March 2024

HL Bill 66-I Motion for Consideration of Commons Reason
22 April 2024
Lords

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
12 December 2023
Commons

Commons Committee of the whole House

Committee of the whole House - day 2 - Commons Hansard link
17 January 2024
Commons
Committee of the whole House - Day 1 - Commons Hansard link
16 January 2024
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd reading - Commons Hansard link
17 January 2024
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords amendments

Consideration of Lords Amendments - Commons Hansard link
18 March 2024
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords message

Consideration of Lords Message - Commons Hansard link
15 April 2024
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords message

Consideration of Lords Message - Commons Hansard link
17 April 2024
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords message

Consideration of Lords Message - Commons Hansard link
22 April 2024
Commons

Commons Consideration of Lords message

Consideration of Lords Message - Commons Hansard link
22 April 2024
Commons

Lords 1st reading

18 January 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

29 January 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Lords Hansard - part one
19 February 2024
Lords
Lords Hansard - part two
19 February 2024
Lords
14 February 2024
Lords
12 February 2024
Lords

Lords Report stage

6 March 2024
Lords
4 March 2024
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

12 March 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

20 March 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

16 April 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

17 April 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

22 April 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

22 April 2024
Lords

Royal Assent

25 April 2024

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
18 January 2024
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceddings
29 January 2024
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings - part one
19 February 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings - part two
19 February 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
14 February 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
12 February 2024
Lords

Lords Report stage

Minutes of Proceedings
6 March 2024
Lords
Minutes of Proceedings
4 March 2024
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
12 March 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

Minutes of Proceedings
20 March 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

Minutes of Proceedings
16 April 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

Minutes of Proceedings
17 April 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

Minutes of Proceedings
22 April 2024
Lords

Lords Consideration of Commons amendments

Minutes of Proceedings
22 April 2024
Lords

Royal Assent

Minutes of Proceedings
25 April 2024