That's it for our live coverage of the Commons for now. As ever, you can read more detail on the topics covered on our politics pages, and we'll keep updating the Rwanda policy story too - it's easily found on our home page.

Today's contributors were Heather Sharp, Richard Morris, Chas Geiger and the page was edited by Chris Giles with help from Emma Owen.

Before we heard from Priti Patel on Rwanda, we had the weekly session of PMQs. So what did the MPs talk about?

The economy featured heavily, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly asked Boris Johnson about the UK's economic performance following the third month of negative growth and wages not rising to keep in line with inflation.

He accused the prime minister of being like Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt and said that the prime minister was "actively making things worse" in the UK.

The PM insisted that the UK will have the fastest growth in the G7 this year, because the right decisions were taken following the pandemic.

The SNP challenged Boris Johnson on Scottish independence, saying that the evidence was "overwhelming" that Scotland would perform better outside of the UK.

The PM replied to say that now wasn't the time to talk about it.

Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said the government was not doing enough to help rural communities, who are mostly reliant on cars, with the rising cost of fuel duty.

Boris Johnson said the Lib Dems were "bamboozling" voters with their policies on rural areas.

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MPs have finished talking about the government's Rwanda policy now, so what did we learn?

Home Secretary Priti Patel said the decision by the European Court of Human Rights last night to intervene in the plane's departure and stop it from taking off was "surprising" and that the second flight, planned soon, would still go ahead.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper accused the government of dropping their cases in the courts which caused the flight to be grounded. She said the policy went against the tradition of Britain helping those in need. She said the government was "picking fights" to distract from other matters.

The SNP's Stuart McDonald said the home secretary was living in cloud cuckoo land, and that the policy was unworkable, illegal and immoral. They said the flight was stopped because of the "stench of more government illegality".

Green MP Caroline Lucas said the government hadn't done enough due diligence to make sure those being transferred would be safe, and Labour MP Clive Efford said on account of crossings still taking place yesterday, that the policy was not acting as a deterrent. The Lib Dems' Alistair Carmichael pointed out that most asylum claims are genuine.

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Away from the Commons, the UK's Attorney General, Suella Braverman, has been on the airwaves.

Asked whether the government was considering pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights, she said all options were on the table and no firm position had been reached.

"We're going to consider everything as exhaustively as possible to achieve our goal - that goal being to stop the illicit and criminal process of people smuggling across the channel," she said.

She described the situation as "frustrating" but stressed, that last night's ECHR ruling was "not a determination of the lawfulness of the policy" although, she said, "it has caused a setback".

Asked about comments by the prime minister suggesting lawyers representing migrants were "effectively abetting criminal gangs", she questioned the way his comments have been reported.

She said Johnson was "expressing his robust criticism of the criminal gangs who abuse vulnerable people looking for safety" and "nothing he said would stop lawyers acting as they should".

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the government should not be attacking lawyers who represent "desperate and frightened people" or the courts who rule on these issues. Instead he urges it to support the European Convention on Human Rights because it protects everybody.

Mr Corbyn describes the Rwanda asylum policy as an "utter disgrace" and a "dereliction of duty, treating desperate people as chattels" who can be sent away to other countries.

The home secretary says Mr Corbyn has been "consistent in his approach" to these issues, but she disagrees with his views.

The Liberal Democrats' Alistair Carmichael seizes on Priti Patel's comment that "it's no use pretending they [asylum seekers] are fleeing persecution when they're not".

He says 98% of people crossing the Channel claim asylum, and nearly 80% eventually have their claims granted. He suggests the home secretary is either "demonising" them, the Home Office's figures are wrong, or the Home Office is granting asylum to people who are not fleeing persecution.

Ms Patel says he's "wrong on all counts". She says migrants crossing the Channel are coming from a "safe country" - France.

And, she adds, the government is working to end what she calls the exploitation of the asylum system and to speed up the process.

In her statement, the home secretary says the government remains committed to sending asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, and says plans for future flights have begun.

Labour MP Clive Efford says that yesterday 444 people made the dangerous crossing across the Channel in small boats, "which suggests that the deterrent effect of this policy is not getting through".

"That's the highest number in two months," he states. He asks if this is now not the time to cut the National Crime Agency's funding.

Home Secretary Priti Patel says "this isn't the time to sit on our hands and do nothing".

Green MP Caroline Lucas says that the government is not taking the "most basic" checks to make sure that Rwanda will not abuse or treat the asylum seekers badly.

Home Secretary Priti Patel says the government have had staff based in Rwanda for two months to ensure that safe processes are in place for those moved under the scheme.

• The five-year trial will send some refugees arriving in the UK to Rwanda, to claim asylum there instead
• They may be granted permanent refugee status to stay in Rwanda. If not, they can apply to settle there on other grounds, or seek asylum in a "safe third country"
• The policy is aimed mostly at single, young people who arrive in the UK through what the government calls "illegal, dangerous or unnecessary methods", such as on small boats or hidden in lorries

• Under the deal, Rwanda can also ask the UK to take in some of its most vulnerable refugees, external
• Charities and lawyers representing asylum seekers have launched a series of legal challenges against the policy
• The first flight was halted after a late intervention from the European Court of Human Rights

The SNP's Stuart McDonald says the policy is unworkable, illegal and immoral. It does nothing to stop smugglers, he says, adding that the home secretary's description shows she is in "cloud cuckoo land". He says he wholeheartedly welcomes the cancellation of the flight.

He says the flight was stopped because of the "stench of more government illegality", and that pressing ahead before the case was settled showed disregard for the rule of law.

Patel replies that the European Court of Human Rights did not rule that the policy or the removals were unlawful - it just prohibited the removal of three people on the flight. That is separate from the issue of the policy, she says.

Home Secretary Priti Patel says Labour "have shut the door firmly" on trying to tackle people traffickers across the Channel.

She says Denmark are "in the process" of looking at a similar scheme.

"The purpose of the work that we are doing is absolutely to break the business model of the people smugglers," she states.

She says these asylum seekers "haven't come from Syria, they've come from France, a safe country".

The logic of the opposition is that Rwanda is a "wonderful country" for dignitaries but not for asylum seekers to be sent to.

The government is "committed to pioneering a way forward," she states.

On the amount of money the scheme costs, she says you cannot place a price on a life lost at sea in the English Channel.

Cooper says Patel promised Rwanda extra payments for each person that was transferred - presumably to pay for case workers and support - but she says Patel still refuses to say how much.

So, she asks, how much did she promise for each of the people she was planning to send yesterday, and how many Rwandan refugees she would take in return?

What is she hiding, she asks?

Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says the government spent £500,000 on chartering the plane to Rwanda last night, fully aware that it would never take off.

She says this is a government which is "picking fights" and "trashing" the UK's reputation abroad by enacting this asylum seeker policy.

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Yvette Cooper goes on to ask whether it is true that the Home Office itself gave up on the remaining legal action, therefore grounding the flight last night to Rwanda?

Yvette Cooper, the shadow Home Secretary says this is a shambles, and is shameful, and the Home Secretary has no-one but herself to blame.

She says this has never been a serious policy and says that Priti Patel knew that among the people she was planning to send to Rwanda on Tuesday were torture and trafficking victims. She knew she had no proper screening process in place and some of them were children, Cooper says.

More now from the Home Secretary who says the global asylum system is broken, and international problems require international solutions. She says inaction is not a "morally responsible" option.

Priti Patel says the UK's partnership with Rwanda shows the way forward - countries working together. She says Rwanda has been "terribly misrepresented" and has a good track record in dealing with refugees and asylum seekers. It is a "safe and secure country", she says, adding that people who go there will have opportunities to thrive with generous support.

Patel says the government won't be providing a running commentary on future flights. But she insists it will not be put off by "inevitable last-minute legal challenges".

She says the UK has a "long, proud tradition" of helping those who need it the most - and this government is no different. It's a "grotesque slur" to suggest otherwise, she says. Critics of the policy have offered no practical solutions, Patel adds.

Reality Check

Earlier during PMQs, Labour leader Keir Starmer asked why "Britain is set for lower growth than every major economy except Russia".

The prime minister responded that "in addition to the fastest growth in the G7 last year we're going to have the second fastest this year and we will return to the top of the table."

In 2021, the UK grew by 7.4%, which was the fastest in the G7, following its 9.3% contraction the previous year, which was the biggest decline in the G7.

In 2022, the IMF forecasts the UK will have 3.7% growth, the joint second highest in the G7 (behind Canada).

Mr Starmer was referring to the forecasts for 2023, when the OECD predicts zero growth. Of G20 economies, only Russia is expected to do worse - it's expected to contract this year and next.

The European Court of Human Rights did not rule that the policy was illegal, she states.

The decision was "surprising" but the government "remains committed to this policy," she says.

Over 20,000 people have used "safe and legal routes" to come to the UK since 2015, she says, but "our capacity to help those in need is severely compromised by those who come here illegally".

The government is spending nearly £5m a day on housing asylum seekers, she states.

Home Secretary Priti Patel says she wants to make a statement on Britain's "world-leading" co-operation agreement with Rwanda.

She says during the course of this week, she has "welcomed" the decisions of the UK's domestic courts, but due to a decision by an "out of hours" judge in Strasbourg, the flight was grounded minutes before it was due to depart.

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