MPs And Peers Brace To Sit Until Early Hours With Rwanda Bill
MPs and peers are bracing to potentially sit until the early hours, after the Prime Minister vowed that the Rwanda plans would be finalised “no ifs, no buts”.
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Tory Peers May Need To "Tutor" New Conservative MPs After Election Defeat
Tory peers could end up "tutoring" new MPs if a heavy election defeat results in the party having limited experience in the House of Commons, a Conservative Lord has said.
Labour's "Odd" Plans For Lords Reform Cast Doubt Over Abolition
Labour faces questions over whether plans to reform the House of Lords in its first term of government will undermine the party's long-term ambition to abolish the Upper Chamber.
Rwanda Plan Set To Become Law After Parliamentary Battle
Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will become law, after the House of Lords dropped their final opposition.
Persistent Rwanda Deadlock Could Kill Rishi Sunak's Deportation Plans
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill will be back in front of MPs on Monday, as parliamentary ping-pong has pushed the process into another week, and while the Prime Minister is insistent it will clear its final hurdles, a rarely used convention could put its future at risk.
Lords Holding Firm On Rwanda Bill Dampens No.10 Hopes Of Spring Deportations
Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will not become law until next week at the earliest, after the House of Lords held out and continued to change the bill on Wednesday night.
Lords Could Continue To Hold Out For More Concessions On Rwanda Bill
The House of Lords could continue holding out on the Rwanda legislation today, after MPs voted to strip out a series of changes peers made to Rishi Sunak’s bill.
Lords Set To Strengthen UK's "Not Fit For Purpose" International Data Protections
Peers have warned that it would be a “mistake” for the government not to put stronger protections in place on the international transfer of data, with one former minister claiming current regulations are "not fit for purpose".