Sunak maintains hope of spring Rwanda flights after seeing off Lords’ challenges
by Richard Wheeler
Mar 19, 2024
4 minutes
Rishi Sunak has maintained hopes of spring flights carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as the Government overturned all attempts by the House of Lords to change to its deportation legislation.
The Government saw off 10 amendments from peers to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, after a minister had accused the Lords of trying to “wreck” the legislation.
The parliamentary showdown over the flagship Bill will continue on Wednesday, when peers may again seek to press for changes in a process known as “ping-pong”.
The Commons goes into its Easter recess at the close of business on March 26,
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