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       The Government’s flagship Illegal Migration Bill is finally heading for the statute books after hours of voting in both the House of Commons and Lords saw Rishi Sunak win every single vote.

       The Bill spent yesterday afternoon in the House of Commons, with MPs spending 90 minutes trudging through the voting lobbies in order to reject nine major Lords amendments.

       The Government argued the Upper Chamber’s attempted changes to the Bill would have undermined its effectiveness, and many were not relevant or needed.

       MPs rejected the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s - a strident critic of the Bill - demand for a 10-year strategy to be drawn up for collaborating internationally on refugees and human trafficking.

       Among other Lords amendments voted down by MPs were topics such as abiding by international treaties, protections for child migrants and protection for LGBT migrants.

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       Robert Jenrick warned the Lords to back down (Image: Parliament Live)

       Most amendments were defeated with large Commons majorities, which gave the Government hope it would send a message to the Lords not to try pushing them any more.

       While the House of Lords has certain limitations on how long it can object to the will of the elected Commons, the Government was desperate to get the Bill over the line before the Commons departs for its Summer Recess at the end of this week.

       The Bill returned to the Lords late last night, with the debate finally getting underway at quarter past 10.

       Despite fears the Commons may have needed to meet early this morning to reject more Lords’ amendments, in the end, the Government emerged victorious in the Upper Chamber.

       Peers voted on five key amendments, and the Government defeated them on every one.

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       MPs voted by large majorities against the Lords' amendments (Image: Parliament Live)

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       By-election battlegrounds - Your guide to the 'mini general election' in three Tory seats

       Rishi Sunak has a long week ahead with three key by-elections being held in Tory seats this week. The Prime Minister will be hoping to stop Labour and the Lib Dems from taking advantage of the situation, a goal which could prove difficult after months of lagging behind in the polls.

       Here is your guide to the three by-elections including who is standing, which party is favourite to win, and when the results are announced.

       Rishi Sunak’s margin of victory in the Lords was much tighter than in the Commons, as the Government doesn’t have a majority of Peers.

       One amendment, on child refugees, was voted down with a tiny majority of just seven votes.

       Speaking in the debate in the Commons, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said: “It’s time for the clear view of the elected House to prevail.”

       He called for the “will of the democratically elected” Commons to be upheld so the government can “get on with securing our borders and stopping the boats”.

       He added that the Commons had voted to support the Migration Bill in 18 votes last week, supporting it “time and time again”.

       By-election battlegrounds - Your guide to the 'mini general election' in three Tory seats

       Rishi Sunak has a long week ahead with three key by-elections being held in Tory seats this week. The Prime Minister will be hoping to stop Labour and the Lib Dems from taking advantage of the situation, a goal which could prove difficult after months of lagging behind in the polls.

       Here is your guide to the three by-elections including who is standing, which party is favourite to win, and when the results are announced.

       Rishi Sunak has a long week ahead with three key by-elections being held in Tory seats this week. The Prime Minister will be hoping to stop Labour and the Lib Dems from taking advantage of the situation, a goal which could prove difficult after months of lagging behind in the polls.

       Here is your guide to the three by-elections including who is standing, which party is favourite to win, and when the results are announced.

       Rishi Sunak’s margin of victory in the Lords was much tighter than in the Commons, as the Government doesn’t have a majority of Peers.

       One amendment, on child refugees, was voted down with a tiny majority of just seven votes.

       Speaking in the debate in the Commons, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said: “It’s time for the clear view of the elected House to prevail.”

       He called for the “will of the democratically elected” Commons to be upheld so the government can “get on with securing our borders and stopping the boats”.

       He added that the Commons had voted to support the Migration Bill in 18 votes last week, supporting it “time and time again”.

       Rishi Sunak’s margin of victory in the Lords was much tighter than in the Commons, as the Government doesn’t have a majority of Peers.

       One amendment, on child refugees, was voted down with a tiny majority of just seven votes.

       Speaking in the debate in the Commons, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said: “It’s time for the clear view of the elected House to prevail.”

       He called for the “will of the democratically elected” Commons to be upheld so the government can “get on with securing our borders and stopping the boats”.

       He added that the Commons had voted to support the Migration Bill in 18 votes last week, supporting it “time and time again”.

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       Lords announce the result of a vote (Image: Parliament Live)

       “On each of those 18 votes, we in this democratically elected chamber voted to stop the boats, to secure our borders and to enable this important bill to move forwards.

       “Now is the time for the [House of Lords] to support the Bill.”

       The Lords didn’t finish voting until past midnight.

       Lib Dem peer Lord Paddick tweeted late last night that the timing of votes was “not the way we should be dealing with such controversial legislation”.

       The Lib Dems added it had been "a disappointing set of losses".

       "We did everything we could to stop this bill, and fought to the bitter end to defend the rights for vulnerable and desperate people who arrive in this country to seek safe refuge."

       The Illegal Migration Bill will now head for royal assent ahead of this Friday’s parliamentary Summer recess.

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