The unelected Lords were accused of 'backing the people smugglers'Peers ignored pleas to tackle the Channel crisis last night as they inflicted yet more defeats on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda policy.
The delay will give the Government time to consider making concessions to the Lords and get the bill on the Statute Book - with removal flights expected to follow just weeks later. Former Cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said: 'The peers blocking the bill are backing the people smugglers, but those who have respect for the constitution are allowing the Bill to go through.'
Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami told LBC last night: 'The House of Lords needs to yield ultimately to the will of the Commons. It's important that if we are in a democracy, the House of Commons does get its way over the House of Lords.'
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