{"id":122242,"date":"2023-12-11T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122242"},"modified":"2023-12-11T20:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:00:11","slug":"boost-for-rishi-sunak-as-moderate-mps-back-rwanda-bill-ahead-of-crunch-vote-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/boost-for-rishi-sunak-as-moderate-mps-back-rwanda-bill-ahead-of-crunch-vote-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost for Rishi Sunak as moderate MPs back Rwanda Bill ahead of crunch vote t…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Centrist Tory MPs have decided to support the Government\u2019s Rwanda Bill at a crunch vote tomorrow.<\/p>\n

The One Nation group warned the Government must \u201cstick to its guns\u201d and not break international law over the immigration policy which has its second reading in the Commons on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Damian Green MP, chair of the One Nation Caucus, said: \u201cWe have taken the decision that the most important thing at this stage is to support the Bill despite our real concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly urge the Government to stand firm against any attempt to amend the Bill in a way that would make it unacceptable to those who believe that support for the rule of law is a basic Conservative principle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After a meeting this evening, the MPs in the group remain concerned about any future amendments that would mean the UK Government breaching the rule of law and its international obligations.<\/p>\n

A statement said it would oppose such amendments in the Commons.<\/p>\n

Matt Warman MP, leading member of the One Nation Caucus, said: \u201cThe Bill as it stands represents a delicate balance between what is legally possible and what will make a real difference to this vital issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in the national interest for the Conservative Party to resolve this matter quickly and amicably, and for the Government to resist proposals that would derail other parts of the package of measures necessary to tackle illegal migration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives from five groups on the Tory right considered the verdict of a \u201cstar chamber\u201d of lawyers which decided the legislation needed significant changes.<\/p>\n

The Conservative backbench European Research Group chairman Mark Francois called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to \u201cpull\u201d the legislation after lawyers convened by the caucus deemed it an \u201cincomplete\u201d solution to problems posed by small boat asylum claims.<\/p>\n

The Bill, which Mr Sunak hopes will revive the stalled scheme to deport people crossing the English Channel to Kigali, would need \u201cvery significant amendments\u201d to work, the so-called \u201cstar chamber\u201d of legal advisers concluded.<\/p>\n

Speaking after a summit of representatives from the \u201cfive families\u201d \u2013 the ERG, the Conservative Growth Group, the Northern Research Group, the New Conservatives and the Common Sense Group \u2013 Mr Francois said: \u201cIt might be better to start again with a fresh Bill that is written on a different basis.\u201d<\/p>\n