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Lords resist no longer so Rwanda Bill is done
PoliticsApril 22, 2024

Lords resist no longer so Rwanda Bill is done

Lords resist no longer so Rwanda Bill is done – it happened jut after midnight

Lords resist no longer so Rwanda Bill is done

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The two sides of the House finally got together and the government’s Safety of Rwanda Bill will now receive Royal Assent and become law.

Rishi Sunak said the first migrant deportation flights to Rwanda will take place in “10 to 12 weeks” as he conceded he had failed to deliver on his target of getting them up and running by the spring.

He told a Downing Street press conference this morning: “The first flight will leave in 10 to 12 weeks. Of course that is later than we wanted but we have always been clear that processing will take time and if Labour peers had not spent weeks holding up the [Rwanda] Bill in the House of Lords to try to block these flights altogether we would have begun this process weeks ago.”

The Prime Minister said after that he hoped there will be a “regular rhythm” to the flights.

Sunak previously said he expected flights to set off this spring – he acknowledges the delay, but blames it on Labour.

MPs and peers sit in Parliament for a showdown on the Safety of Rwanda Bill, after weeks of parliamentary back-and-forth.

It  has been stuck in deadlock for the past four months as peers have blocked and amended the bill.

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