Under the policy, anyone entering the uk illegally, could be sent to rwanda, with no limit on numbers. The government hopes the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous crossing on small boats. The plan has been strongly criticised by human rights groups, and the Uk Supreme Court ruled the policy was unlawful. Here is mr sunak setting out a timeline for his plan. The first flight will leave in 10 12 weeks. Now, of course that is later than we wanted, but we have always been clear that processing will take time and if labour peers had not spent weeks holding up the bill in the House Of Lords to try to block these flights altogether, we would have begun this process weeks ago. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent in westminster, peter saull. Peter, its been months of this being blocked, how different is this evening going to be . Being blocked, how different is this evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on tonight evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on
Being blocked, how different is this evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on Tonight Evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on tonight that evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on tonight that i evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on tonight that i wouldnt earlier on tonight that i wouldnt have to bring my Sleeping Bag tonight, well have to wait and see. It could be a long night at the moment, the Ping Pong Ball that is this bill is about to land in the house of lordss court, so in the next 10 15 minutes we expect the debate to get under way on the red benches. Theyll be considering two new amendments they Cant Debate the exact same ones that passed previously under the rules, so there will be slight tweaks to the two issues theyve already raised. The first one is the idea that those who have served alongside British Armed Forces overseas should be exempt from being deported to rwanda. The second is all about this independent Monitoring Committee in r