Lefty MPs Could Still Block or Delay Rwanda Removals Says Home Office

The government has stepped up the pace to get its Rwanda scheme off the ground – and further details are emerging about how the process will actually work. In an updated ‘equality impact assessment’ published on GOV.UK yesterday, the Home Office admits that MPs may be able to block individual deportations:

“It is a long-standing parliamentary convention that MPs’ representations suspend removal until a case has been considered and a response issued to the MP.