Back in the House of Lords Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, is now speaking.
He says international rules on the protection of refugees are not inconvenient obstructions to be got round by governments.
Even if this bill were to stop the boats, which Welby says he does not think likely, it will not stop climate change, or international conflict.
The UNHCR has warned this could lead to the collapse of the international system for protecting refugees. “Is that we want?”
Welby says the UK cannot take all refugees. But it ignores the need to address the problem of refugees. He goes on:
It is isolationalist, it morally unacceptable, and politically impractical, to let the poorest countries deal with [the refugee crisis] alone.