Politics newest information: Rwanda Bill ought to get by way of House of Lords shortly, insists minister

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill ought to make it by way of the House of Lords “fairly fast”, a minister stated this morning after the flagship laws cleared the House of Commons final night time. 

Chris Philp, the policing minister, stated the Government needed migrant deportation flights to Rwanda to start out “as soon as possible” and it’s “absolutely the intention” that they are going to be underway earlier than the subsequent normal election. 

The Bill has now gone by way of all of its major levels within the Commons, with MPs voting for it by 320 to 276 as a serious Tory rise up did not materialise.

The Bill will now be despatched to the Lords for additional scrutiny and the Government might be hoping for speedy progress however opposition friends are anticipated to attempt to make modifications to it which may trigger delays. 

Mr Philp instructed Times Radio: “The aim is to get these flights off as soon as possible and the target is to do that by the spring because obviously operationally the Home Office has been getting ready, Rwanda is ready, we just need this Bill to get onto the statute book.

“It is a pretty short Bill, it is only about five or six substantive clauses. To give you a sense of context, the Criminal Justice Bill that I am taking through Parliament… has about 80 clauses. So it is a pretty short Bill which means it should be able to get through the House of Lords fairly fast.”

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