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It takes two houses to turn government policy into solid laws, and the political chaos of the last decade – not least with the upheaval of Covid and Brexit – means how the Commons and the Lords interact has found itself in the spotlight.
The Rwanda Bill will not be passed until mid-April at the earliest, with confirmation this morning that MPs will get the chance to vote on Lords’ amendments on their first day back in Parliament after Easter recess.
Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda Bill could remain caught in parliamentary "ping-pong" until after Easter recess as peers in the House of Lords increasingly believe a new set of amendments to the legislation could scrape through.
The House of Lords is exploring whether Government could need to seek UN advice on whether Rwanda is a safe country in order to deport asylum seekers to the country without exposing them to “unreasonable risk".
Passing the Rwanda Bill could leave the UK with “two sets of contradictory legal obligations”, according to peers who believe that human rights protections afforded by the Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework are at odds with the controversial plans.
A Labour peer is considering changes to Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill that focus on increasing protections for children as the contentious legislation to declare Rwanda a safe country makes its way through the House of Lords.
Lords amendments to the government's flagship Rwanda legislation will focus on a treaty to ensure Rwanda is safe is enacted, and will also seek safety assurances from the UN.
A Lords committee report which said that the treaty with Rwanda should not be ratified until further guarantees about the country’s safety are in place, could be the “path” for any “revision” of the bill by peers, a Labour baroness has said.