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'We will sit there and vote until it's done': Sunak promises to get Rwanda bill through parliament on Monday

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After days of rows with peers over the government's flagship scheme to tackle small boat crossings, Rishi Sunak has pledged to get the plan signed off.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted his Rwanda plan will finally get through parliament on Monday, telling reporters: 'We will sit there and vote until it's done.' The controversial scheme, which aims to see asylum seekers arriving in the UK on small boats deported to the African nation, has faced setback after setback, with numerous court challenges and multiple rounds of ping pong between the Commons and the Lords.

The bill caused a rift in his own party, with those on the right claiming it wasn't tough enough and more centrist Tories concerned it went too far, but Mr Sunak managed to get it through the Commons. However, he then faced huge opposition in the House of Lords, with peers repeatedly sending the legislation back with their own amendments.

 

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