after the country s highest court ruled that the government s policy was unlawful. the court found there was a real risk that asylum seekers who were sent to rwanda could be wrongly assessed, and returned to their country of origin, where they could face persecution. rishi sunak says new emergency legislation will enable parliament to confirm rwanda is safe and that he remained committed to stopping thousands of migrants crossing the channel in small boats every year. here s our political editor chris mason: the geography of power parliament in the background this morning. the supreme court in focus. refugees cannot be returned to their countries of origin if their life and freedom would be threatened. it s known as the principal of non refoulment, and at precisely ten o clock this morning it proved crucial. the legal test which has to be applied in this case is whether there are substantial grounds for believing that asylum seekers sent to rwanda would be at real risk of
Back to westminster. As weve been reporting, its another day that could be described as historic at westminster with mps voting on that main motion on the brexit bill, the motion to trigger article 50. After this the legislation heads to the House Of Lords. Most of the amendments to the motion have been comfortably defeated by The Government. We are hearing, because of the Labour Rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another Labour Rebellion tonight, clive lewis has resigned. He was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this European Union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the European Union. That is clive lewis there. He was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the Shadow Chapman Shadow Cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. Other members of the Shadow Cabinet went l
Back to westminster. As weve been reporting, its another day that could be described as historic at westminster with mps voting on that main motion on the brexit bill, the motion to trigger article 50. After this the legislation heads to the House Of Lords. Most of the amendments to the motion have been comfortably defeated by The Government. We are hearing, because of the Labour Rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another Labour Rebellion tonight, clive lewis has resigned. He was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this European Union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the European Union. That is clive lewis there. He was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the Shadow Chapman Shadow Cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. Other members of the Shadow Cabinet went l
Back to westminster. As weve been reporting, its another day that could be described as historic at westminster with mps voting on that main motion on the brexit bill, the motion to trigger article 50. After this the legislation heads to the House Of Lords. Most of the amendments to the motion have been comfortably defeated by The Government. We are hearing, because of the Labour Rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another Labour Rebellion tonight, clive lewis has resigned. He was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this European Union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the European Union. That is clive lewis there. He was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the Shadow Chapman Shadow Cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. Other members of the Shadow Cabinet went l
Back to westminster. As weve been reporting, its another day that could be described as historic at westminster with mps voting on that main motion on the brexit bill, the motion to trigger article 50. After this the legislation heads to the House Of Lords. Most of the amendments to the motion have been comfortably defeated by The Government. We are hearing, because of the Labour Rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another Labour Rebellion tonight, clive lewis has resigned. He was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this European Union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the European Union. That is clive lewis there. He was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the Shadow Chapman Shadow Cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. Other members of the Shadow Cabinet went l