{"id":122288,"date":"2023-12-12T20:59:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122288"},"modified":"2023-12-12T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:59:13","slug":"rishi-sunak-told-exact-date-when-rwanda-bill-will-be-killed-by-tory-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak-told-exact-date-when-rwanda-bill-will-be-killed-by-tory-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak told exact date when Rwanda bill will be killed by Tory rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Prime Minister was under pressure from hardliners to pull the flagship bill over fears it is too soft.<\/p>\n

But he pushed ahead after a 24-hour intensive charm offensive won over enough wavering MPs to clear its first parliamentary hurdle with a comfortable majority of 44.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak said: \u201cThe British people should decide who gets to come to this country \u2013 not criminal gangs or foreign courts. That\u2019s what this Bill delivers.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will now work to make it law so that we can get flights going to Rwanda and stop the boats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just minutes before voting began, the \u201cfive families\u201d of right-wing factions with concerns about the legislation announced they would abstain instead of vote against the bill.<\/p>\n

But its leaders warned they will try to torpedo the legislation in its final stages unless significant changes are made.<\/p>\n

Mark Francois, chairman of the European Research Group, said if the bill remains unamended \u201cwe reserve the right to vote against it at third reading\u201d.<\/p>\n

Centrist MPs, however, have indicated they will oppose the plan if they believe it has been toughened up too much.<\/p>\n

It leaves the Prime Minister with around a month to find a way to keep the legislation alive.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak hopes the Safety of Rwanda Bill will revive his stalled deportation plan by blocking legal challenges made on the claim that Rwanda is unsafe.<\/p>\n

It would allow ministers to disapply the Human Rights Act but does not go as far as overriding the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak held an hour-long breakfast summit over bacon rolls with potential rebels from the New Conservatives group, including deputy Tory chairman Lee Anderson, Miriam Cates and Danny Kruger.<\/p>\n

Mr Kruger later told the Commons he could not support the bill as it was \u201cunsatisfactory\u201d and he called for legislation that \u201crespects parliamentary sovereignty\u201d.<\/p>\n

The vote was feared to be on such a knife-edge that MPs who had been given permission to be away from parliament were ordered back to Westminster.<\/p>\n

They included Climate Minister Graham Stuart, who was forced to return from the COP28 summit in Dubai to vote before returning to the talks in a 6,824 mile round trip.<\/p>\n