On Wednesday in the House of Lords there were a range of Common Reasons for the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and there were seven votes which took place in the House of Lords. These seven items were approved by the Labour, Liberal Democrat, most of the Crossbench’s, the Green Party and the Plaid Cymru and one or more Conservatives. Nearly all of the Conservatives and the DUP and a few Crossbenches rejected all of these seven items but because the Conservatives are not bigger than the other groups the seven events were approved. It was fascinating that there were several Bishops who took part in support of these items, and indeed most of them approved for all of the seven items.

Three of the Bishops who are David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, John Inge, Bishop of Worcester and Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford who each endorsed all seven of the items. The other Bishop is Paul Williams, the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham who endorsed the first four items and he did not vote on the last three items. It is very significant that all of these four Bishops have endorsed these items and indeed many more other people.