Yesterday, the Lords insisted on its amendments to the Safety of Rwanda Bill, only for the Commons to push it back this afternoon, and then for the Lords to push it back once again this evening. So it’s now the fourth time the Lords has rejected the will of the elected chamber, and it begins to raise serious constitutional questions about the role of the House of Lords. The House of Lords is not there to block the public will as expressed by the lower house. The Parliament Act of 1911 was introduced because in an increasingly democratic age – and bear in mind in 1911, there wasn’t universal su…
