Only 11 Tories vote against Rwanda Bill

As expected, the Commons has backed the Safety of Rwanda Bill at third reading by 320 votes to 276. Just 11 Tory MPs voted against, with the full list below. This afternoon, the noise from the rebels became rather more muffled, with the ‘five families’ of right-wing backbenchers announcing that the majority would be supporting it. The final attempt from former immigration minister Robert Jenrick to toughen the Bill up failed, which was expected too, but 61 Tory MPs did still rebel on his amendment, which aimed to block so-called ‘pyjama injunctions’ from European judges. 

In the debate, James Cleverly took care to reassure both sides that the Bill was what they were after. He told the Tory MP Tobias Ellwood that, ‘as drafted, as we intend this Bill to progress, it will comply completely with international law’.