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Passing the Rwanda Bill could leave the UK with “two sets of contradictory legal obligations”, according to peers who believe that human rights protections afforded by the Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework are at odds with the controversial plans.
A Labour peer is considering changes to Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill that focus on increasing protections for children as the contentious legislation to declare Rwanda a safe country makes its way through the House of Lords.
Lords amendments to the government's flagship Rwanda legislation will focus on a treaty to ensure Rwanda is safe is enacted, and will also seek safety assurances from the UN.
Constitutional experts and MPs across the political divide, including cabinet ministers, believe the UK government has “floundered” on transparency.
A Lords committee report which said that the treaty with Rwanda should not be ratified until further guarantees about the country’s safety are in place, could be the “path” for any “revision” of the bill by peers, a Labour baroness has said.
Labour MP Kevan Jones has said that a review of arms-length bodies in the UK is urgently needed in order to prevent the Post Office scandal repeating itself.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted that the government plans on getting flights to Rwanda off the ground by spring, despite the ongoing divisions in his own party and the possibility that the government could be defeated on its landmark Rwanda Bill.
With the next general election expected this year, many MPs who have already chosen to not stand again for their seats – the majority of whom are Conservatives.