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‘Morally repugnant’ Immigration Bill undermines devolution, Labour peer argues
A group of people are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, from the RNLI Dungeness Lifeboat, following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Thursday April 27, 2023.
THE under-fire Tory Immigration Bill is not only “morally repugnant,” but a challenge to the devolution settlement, a Labour peer has argued.
Socialist Baroness Pauline Bryan said that the proposed legislation “will compel devolved nations to violate the duties set out in international law.”
The Bill came under attack from all sides of the House of Lords earlier this week on the basis that it would be at odds with Britain’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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