Peers rip into Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Bill inflicting five defeats
by Nick Lester
Mar 04, 2024
3 minutes
Peers inflicted five defeats 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.
In total on Monday evening the Lords inflicted five defeats.
The size of the Lords defeats, with
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