Conservative MP Chris Philp said the public ‘will respond well’ to progress on immigration and the economy.
Deportation flights to Rwanda should begin in the spring now that the bill has passed through the House of Commons, according to policing minister Chris Philp.
He told GB News: “We do want to get this done quickly. We want to see these flights taking off in spring. I don’t think it’ll take too long in the House of Lords.
“The bill…there’s only about five substantive clauses, which is not that long. I’m doing another bill, the Criminal Justice Bill at the moment, which has more like 80 clauses, so it’s a pretty short bill…
“I don’t think that the courts are going to be delaying this…I think the House of Lords will also understand this is a critical government policy, a critical pledge, Parliament, the democratically elected House of Commons, has expressed its view pretty clearly.
“So, I am expecting pretty quick progress on this in terms of getting the thing passed in its entirety.”
In a discussion during Breakfast with Ellie Costello and Stephen Dixon said: “On the third reading vote last night there were only 11 colleagues…who voted against the government. The majority was 44 which is a pretty healthy majority.
“Obviously there was a debate, a healthy debate about some of these provisions and how we could make sure the bill is effective. But that debate has now happened and the bill has now passed the House of Commons with a pretty good majority.”
On a new opinion poll that puts support for the Conservatives at 20%, he said: “I think ultimately the British public wants to see the Government deliver.
“I think the fact we’ve got small boat crossings down 36% year on year is a welcome step but obviously the pledge is to stop them completely and this bill is an important part of that.
“Another important issue is inflation. Inflation last October inflation was 11.1%, it’s now down to 4% and forecast to go down a lot further in the course of this year.
“If we can deliver on those things, stop the boats, halve inflation, get economic growth going, cut the debt and so on, then the British public will respond well to that.”
Source: GB News
