Rishi Sunak has urged the House of Lords to swiftly pass his controversial Rwanda deportation bill, claiming it is “the will of the people” and insisting the Conservative party is united on the issue despite this week’s mass rebellions.
In a hastily arranged Downing Street press conference after the bill passed its third reading in the Commons, the prime minister said it was now up to peers to fall in line. The legislation unilaterally declares Rwanda a safe country to which to deport asylum seekers.
