Sunak's Rwanda plan defeated in Lords again - forcing MPs to consider four changes

New defeats for the government's Rwanda bill in the House of Lords have set up a parliamentary showdown on Wednesday - forcing MPs to consider changes to Rishi Sunak's stop the boats plan. Downing Street wants to get the bill - which declares Rwanda a safe country and stops appeals from asylum seekers being sent there on safety grounds - on the statute books this week. On Monday, the House of Commons stripped seven amendments from the bill previously imposed by the Lords.

Four fresh defeats for plan in the Lords An attempt to add an amendment by Lord Vernon Coaker, a Labour frontbencher, was successful - by 258 votes to 233. This amendment aimed to force the bill to have 'due regard' to international law and also the Children Act, Human Rights Act and Modern Slavery Act. It is a slightly more focused attempt to force the bill to comply with existing legislation.

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