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MPs set up fresh fight with Lords as they reject Rwanda Bill amendments

In full: MPs have rejected amendments to the Rwanda Bill:

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MPs voted 302 to 244, majority 58, to reject Lords’ amendment 10D, which would exempt agents, allies and employees of the UK overseas, such as Afghans who fought alongside the British armed forces, from being removed to Rwanda.

It was the fourth amendment by peers in a row that MPs rejected.

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