Welby warned 'hand-wringing will not solve boats crisis'

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has been told "hand-wringing" will not solve the small boats Channel crisis after he led opposition to the Safety of Rwanda Bill in the Lords.

- Sam Lister

Justin Welby criticised the deportation plan for "leading the nation down a damaging path" and claimed the country could "do better".

But Lord Dobbs hit out at critics for choosing the "moral high ground" instead of tackling the "sickening" trade. The House Of Cards author said: "No amount of hand-wringing is going to make it go away."

Consequences

Lord Dobbs said: "If we stand still and do nothing, the consequences for this country are likely to be catastrophic." And last night The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill cleared its first major hurdle in the House of Lords as peers voted 206 to 84 against a motion designed to kill it.