The government’s Rwanda bill suffered another defeat in the House of Lords, setting up a showdown in parliament on Wednesday, forcing MPs to consider changes to Rishi Sunak’s ship-stopping plans.
Downing Street wants the bill – which claims Rwanda A safe country and stop appeals for asylum seekers there on security grounds – included in regulations this week.
Monday, House of Commons Seven amendments were removed from the bill It was previously imposed by the House of Lords. And then it was debated again today.
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But with peers again adding new amendments, the Commons will need to debate and vote on the changes on Wednesday, while the Lords will meet later in the evening to consider whether to implement further amendments.
The government had been hoping the bill would be passed on Wednesday, but that depended on parliamentary arithmetic and whether peers proposed more changes.
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Labor frontbencher Lord Vernon Coaker tried to add an amendment and was successful by 258 votes to 233.
The amendment seeks to force the bill to have “due regard” to international law, as well as the Children’s Act, the Human Rights Act and the Modern Slavery Act.
This is a slightly more targeted attempt to force the bill to comply with existing legislation.
An amendment proposed by crossbench MP Lord David Hope, a former judge, also succeeded, with 266 MPs voting in favor and 227 against.
It seeks to prevent the government from declaring Rwanda safe until a monitoring committee set up as part of the new treaty completes its report.
The change also provides a path to removing safe status through a report to the government from the same committee.
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The third amendment, proposed by Labor backbencher Baroness Shami Chakrabarty, was also successful, with 253 MPs supporting it and 236 opposing it.
The amendment is another attempt to introduce a way to appeal claims that Rwanda is a safe country and provide a way to stop people from being deported while they appeal.
The fourth amendment, proposed by Labor MP Lord Des Brown, was also successful by 275 votes to 218.
Lord Browne’s amendment seeks to exempt those serving in or with the British Armed Forces from being sent to Rwanda.
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