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Illegal Migration Bill passed by Lords

18 July 2023

7:09 PM

18 July 2023

7:09 PM

The Illegal Migration Bill is making its final crossing today to become an Act, after peers and MPs voted into the small hours on the final changes to the legislation. The House of Lords eventually dropped the amendments that they’d been holding out on, including the plan by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, for the government to draw up a proper international strategy for refugees and an amendment from Lord Randall of Uxbridge on victims of modern slavery.

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