Crunch Week for Rwanda Bill Begins With Government Win

The government has moved a step closer to having its Rwanda bill become law this week as MPs took out the Lords’ amendments for a second time on Monday. Ministers are hoping the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, once it becomes law, will enable the deportation of illegal immigrants to the east African country. The bill is going through a stage called “ping-pong,” in which it goes back and forth between the two houses of Parliament for final tweaks. The government has already suffered two bad defeats in the House of Lords, where it doesn’t have a majority, with peers backing changes to the bills by large margins. However, MPs have thrown out the two sets of changes....