Tory Party "Temperature" To Soar Again As Rwanda Bill Row Returns

Conservative MPs are braced for a resurgence of party in-fighting over illegal migration when the contentious Rwanda bill returns to the House of Commons for further votes next week. 

One senior Tory predicted that the "temperature" within the parliamentary Tory party would rise once again when the legislation returns to the House of Commons for its committee stage on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A fierce divide emerged in the Conservative party over the Bill late last year, with more moderate Tories insisting they could not support any legislation that risked breaking international law – a criticism that has been levelled at the proposals – while MPs on the right of the party argued it did not go far enough to remove the all avenues for migrants to appeal deportation orders. While the bill squeaked through the Commons at its second reading, numerous MPs on the right of the party who say they only lent their support in December with the intention of securing changes from ministers at a later stage.

Not a single Conservative MP voted against the bill late at that point, though 38 MPs on the right of the party abstained in a warning shot to the government. 

Ministers have since been locked in talks with MPs on both sides of the Rwanda debate as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes to see the legislation through Parliament without triggering a major Tory backlash. 

MPs Sunak needs to appeal to most are spread across factions including the European Research Group (ERG), the New Conservatives and the Common Sense Group, and have warned Downing Street they will be prepared to vote against the government if Government refuses to give them the changes they desire. 

These MPs, who are fronted by senior Conservatives like erstwhile home secretary