No 10 ‘not deterred’ by Lords defeats on migration Bill as MPs consider changes

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. MPs will consider the amendments made by the House of Lords next week after the upper chamber inflicted a total of 20 defeats against the Government’s plans to tackle the small boats crisis. We have recognised that we would face a challenge from all sides, and I think that has been borne out Prime Minister's official spokesman The new revisions included reinstating the right of appeal against age assessments for migrants claiming to be children, putting a legal duty on ministers to create safe and legal routes to the UK for refugees and bolstering enforcement against people smugglers. Downing Street said the Lords had the right to scrutinise Government policy but that ministers “continue to believe that this Bill is the right and appropriate way to stop the boats”. “The Government continues to believe that this is a problem that the public want us to urgently fix and we continue to use all the tools at our disposal to do so.” Penny Mordaunt, the Commons Leader, has announced that Lords amendments to the Bill will return to the Commons on Tuesday July 11, with a further session the following week on Monday July 17.