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Rishi Sunak has vowed the Rwanda Bill will be passed on Monday as he insisted there can be 'no more delays'.
The PM warned peers he is ready to make Parliament sit through the night if they continue efforts to hamper the crucial legislation.
The House of Lords again refused to back down on Wednesday, passing more amendments despite MPs repeatedly dismissing their objections.
It means a fourth round of 'ping-pong' - where legislation is batted between the two Houses until agreement is reached - will begin in the Commons on Monday.
But answering questions after a speech in London this morning, Mr Sunak stressed that will be the final showdown.
'The very simple thing here is that repeatedly, everyone has tried to block us from getting this Bill through. Yet again you saw it this week,' he said.
'You saw Labour peers blocking us again, and that's enormously frustrating. Everyone's patience with this has run thin, mine certainly has.
'So our intention now is to get this done on Monday. No more prevarication, no more delay. We will sit there and vote until it's done.'
He continued: 'We're going to get this Bill passed, and then we will work to get flights off so we can build that deterrent, because that is the only way to resolve this issue. If you care about stopping the boats, you've got to have a deterrent.'
No10 pointed the finger squarely at the House of Lords, which refused to back down in the latest stage of Parliamentary wrangling last night
Rishi Sunak has put the Rwanda Bill at the heart of his efforts to 'stop the boats'. Pictured, migrants crossing the Channel
