Written question asked by Emily Thornberry (Labour) on Friday, 15 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 July 2022 (named day). It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 July 2022 on behalf of the Attorney General.
Asylum: Rwanda
- Question
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To ask the Attorney General, whether she was consulted by (a) Ministers or (b) officials in the Home Department prior to the Secretary of State for Justice's comments in the media on 16 June 2022 on the compatibility of the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership with the UK's membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.
- Answer
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By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
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- Written question
- Reference
- 37462
- Session
- 2022-23
- Subjects
- Asylum European Convention on Human Rights Rwanda
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