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Addressing the judge as the video was played, Mr Taylor said: "Your lordship sees the ratio of police officers to members of the mob, those officers being seriously outnumbered."

They don’t want to be picking time-consuming fights with the Lords, or creating laws that could be gummed up with hundreds of possible amendments – helpful tweaks - from their lordships.

"We remain focused on not letting that happen, and hope their lordships recognise it's time to let this bill pass so we can continue to stop the boats, and save lives."

At a press conference, Mr Cleverly insisted Rwanda was a safe country and said "we feel very strongly this treaty addresses all of the issues of their lordships in the Supreme Court".

"I am happy that we have got to a place where the bill has been effectively gutted by their lordships," he told MPs.