Defiant peers inflict heavy first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill
Peers have inflicted their first defeat against Rishi Sunak’s proposed Rwanda asylum law putting the unelected Lords on a collision course with the Government.
The upper chamber backed by 274 votes to 172, majority 102, a move to ensure the draft legislation, aimed at clearing the way to send asylum seekers who cross the Channel in small boats on a one-way flight to Kigali, is fully compliant with the law.
The has previously warned the Lords against frustrating “the will of the people” by hampering
