Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said during a visit to Wren Academy in Finchley, that he is “pleased” MPs supported the government’s controversial Rwanda bill – after the House of Commons voted by 313 to 269 to back the legislation on Tuesday.
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00:00 Well, I'm pleased that Parliament very strongly supported our Rwanda legislation earlier this week.
00:06 It's the toughest law that anyone's brought before Parliament to tackle this issue.
00:10 I want everyone to know that we are already making progress.
00:13 The numbers of small boat arrivals this year are down by a third.
00:17 That hasn't happened by accident.
00:18 That's happened because we've done lots of things to bring the numbers down,
00:21 returning lots of people back to their home countries.
00:25 So we have made great progress already, but there's more to do, clearly.
00:28 And in order to finish the job, we need to get the Rwanda scheme up and running.
00:32 That's what our legislation does.
00:33 It's the toughest legislation that anyone's ever brought before Parliament.
00:37 And I'm pleased that it was so strongly supported by colleagues this week.