Agreement, done at Kigali on 5 December 2023, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership Agreement to Strengthen Shared International Commitments on the Protection of Refugees and Migrants

Committee work

• 7 December 2023
  International Agreements Committee (IAC) inquiry opened
• 8 December 2023
  Public Accounts Committee inquiry opened
• 8 December 2023
  Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
• 8 December 2023
  Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
• 11 December 2023
  Oral evidence session by the Public Accounts Committee
• 12 December 2023
  Correspondence published by the Home Affairs Committee
• 12 December 2023
  Correspondence published by the Home Affairs Committee
• 12 December 2023
  Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
• 18 December 2023
  Oral evidence session by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 19 December 2023
  Oral evidence session by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 3 January 2024
  Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 10 January 2024
  Home Affairs Committee recommended a debate take place during period A
• 10 January 2024
  Home Affairs Committee recommended the House be able to record its view as to whether the treaty should be ratified
• 11 January 2024
  Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 15 January 2024
  Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
• 15 January 2024
  Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 16 January 2024
  Drawn to the special attention of the House by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 23 January 2024
  Oral evidence session by the Business and Trade Committee (BTC)
• 24 January 2024
  Government response to the decision made by the Home Affairs Committee
• 11 March 2024
  Correspondence published by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR)
• 11 March 2024
  Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 14 March 2024
  Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 14 March 2024
  Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 1 May 2024
  Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
• 15 May 2024
  Government response to the decision made by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)

Its path through Parliament

1. 5 December 2023
   Treaty signed
2. 6 December 2023
   Ministerial statement announcing a treaty has been signed
3. 6 December 2023
   Ministerial statement announcing a treaty has been signed
4. 6 December 2023
   Laid before the House of Commons
5. 6 December 2023
   Laid before the House of Lords
6. 7 December 2023
   International Agreements Committee (IAC) inquiry opened
7. 8 December 2023
   Private notice question about a treaty
8. 8 December 2023
   Public Accounts Committee inquiry opened
9. 8 December 2023
   Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
10. 8 December 2023
    Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
11. 11 December 2023
    Oral evidence session by the Public Accounts Committee
12. 12 December 2023
    Correspondence published by the Home Affairs Committee
13. 12 December 2023
    Correspondence published by the Home Affairs Committee
14. 12 December 2023
    Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
15. 12 December 2023
    Motion that the treaty should not be ratified tabled
16. 18 December 2023
    Oral evidence session by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
17. 19 December 2023
    Oral evidence session by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
18. 3 January 2024
    Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
19. 9 January 2024
    Chamber debate
20. 10 January 2024
    Home Affairs Committee recommended a debate take place during period A
21. 10 January 2024
    Home Affairs Committee recommended the House be able to record its view as to whether the treaty should be ratified
22. 11 January 2024
    Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
23. 15 January 2024
    Correspondence published by the Public Accounts Committee
24. 15 January 2024
    Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
25. 16 January 2024
    Drawn to the special attention of the House by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
26. 17 January 2024
    Motion to take note of the treaty tabled
27. 18 January 2024
    Motion that the treaty should not be ratified tabled
28. 22 January 2024
    Chamber debate
29. 22 January 2024
    Motion to take note of the treaty approved
30. 22 January 2024
    Motion that the treaty should not be ratified approved
31. 23 January 2024
    Oral evidence session by the Business and Trade Committee (BTC)
32. 24 January 2024
    Government response to the decision made by the Home Affairs Committee
33. 31 January 2024
    Objection period A ends
34. 11 March 2024
    Correspondence published by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR)
35. 11 March 2024
    Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
36. 14 March 2024
    Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
37. 14 March 2024
    Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
38. 25 April 2024
    Statutory statement under Section 20(8) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 that the treaty should nonetheless be ratified laid before the House of Lords
39. 25 April 2024
    Statutory statement under Section 20(8) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 that the treaty should nonetheless be ratified laid before the House of Commons
40. 25 April 2024
    Ministerial statement: treaty should nonetheless be ratified
41. 25 April 2024
    Ministerial statement: treaty should nonetheless be ratified
42. 25 April 2024
    Parliamentary scrutiny concluded, Government can ratify treaty
43. 1 May 2024
    Correspondence published by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
44. 15 May 2024
    Government response to the decision made by the International Agreements Committee (IAC)
45. 24 May 2024
    Motion that the treaty should not be ratified lapsed at end of session