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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

UK government to present full law to set aside supreme court Rwanda decision

Rishi Sunak behind a lectern that says 'stop the boats'
Sunak also announced a plan to enact a full treaty with Rwanda on how it treated arrivals. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/EPA

Rishi Sunak’s government will present a full law to parliament to set aside the supreme court’s ban on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, setting up a probable battle with MPs and peers and putting in doubt the aim for flights to begin leaving by spring.

The law could be published within a fortnight, after next week’s autumn statement, and it will be primary legislation, meaning it will have to pass through all the normal stages of the Commons and Lords, Downing Street has said.

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