The Prime Minister and his team spent the last few days urging the Lords to work with the Government – not against it –But, despite scraping together as much support from Tory peers as seemingly possible, the eventual turnout was underwhelming for the Conservatives and they suffered a flurry of defeats.
The Prime Minister and his team spent the last few days urging the Lords to work with the Government – not against it –But, despite scraping together as much support from Tory peers as seemingly possible, the eventual turnout was underwhelming for the Conservatives and they suffered a flurry of defeats.But the size and number of defeats indicates there is still a way to go for Rishi Sunak to get his legislation over the line and the first flights off the ground.
With opposition in these numbers, there is the chance the bill could go into another round of “ping pong” between the Commons and the Lords, dragging out the political headache that the Rwanda scheme has caused for the Government. Peers backing the amendments have insisted they are not trying to block the bill and the expectation is that it will eventually pass.But the Lords are digging their heels in over issues around Rwanda being a safe country and ensuring international law is not ignored. If the support for such amendments looks to be unwavering, the Government could have to start looking to find some form of compromise with peers to get the legislation through. Regardless of tonight’s defeat, No10 has remained confident throughout that it will be able to stick to its original timetable even if the legislation is now unlikely to be passed before Easte
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