Small boats bill set to become law despite final push for changes by Tory rebels

Government wins battle over Lords amendments despite rebellion including former ministers

The Independent

#Smallboatsbill set to become law despite final push for changes by #Tory rebels

This is a nasty, counter productive piece of legislation that on its own justifies the #Conservative Party being hounded out of office at the next opportunity.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/small-boats-bill-sunak-braverman-illegal-migrants-b2377065.html

Small boats bill set to become law despite final push for changes by Tory rebels

Government wins battle over Lords amendments despite rebellion including former ministers

The Independent

#RishiSunak suffers string of further defeats in #Lords over #SmallBoatsBill

Archbishop of Canterbury among peers behind amendments to illegal[sic] #migration legislation as standoff with government continues
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/13/rishi-sunak-suffers-string-of-further-defeats-in-lords-over-small-boats-bill
#ToryInhumanity #asylum

Rishi Sunak suffers string of further defeats in Lords over small boats bill

Archbishop of Canterbury among peers behind amendments to illegal migration legislation as standoff with government continues

The Guardian

The small boats bill they questioned quite deep
For their asylum's cause they wouldn't be meek
They set protections strong
For pregnant, LGBT and young
For reality, the Lords wasn't weak

#smallboatsbill #asylum #protection #reality #limerick #poetry

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rwanda-migrants-unlawful-small-boats-bill-b2368668.html

Small boats bill ripped apart in Lords as peers say government living ‘in cloud cuckoo land’

Peer says aim of detaining and deporting small boat migrants ‘not based on reality’ as Lords add protections for pregnant women, children and LGBT+ people

The Independent
Home Office stops units making asylum decisions to prepare for small boats bill despite huge backlog

Exclusive: Two units to retrain as ‘detention decision-makers’ and told to refer to asylum seekers as ‘illegal entrants’

The Independent

Maybe Braverman needs to get out of public office instead of trying to use public servants to get her out of a speeding ticket.

She seems to like getting out of things, like a vote on her own illegal and evil #SmallBoatsBill.

#SuellaBraverman ‘tried to get out of final vote on #SmallBoatsBill’ -

Exclusive: Home secretary’s aides repeatedly requested she be allowed to miss vote on major legislation despite three-line whip
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/21/suella-braverman-tried-to-get-out-of-final-vote-on-small-boats-bill

Suella Braverman ‘tried to get out of final vote on small boats bill’

Exclusive: Home secretary’s aides repeatedly requested she be allowed to miss vote on major legislation despite three-line whip

The Guardian

This speech from the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Lords 2nd reading of the #SmallBoatsBill is critical of the Bill.
"The existing global conventions and agreements need updating in response to the crises we face today. While now inadequate, what those conventions offer is a baseline from which to build a globally shared understanding of what protection must be given to refugees. They are not inconvenient obstructions get round by any legislative means necessary."

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Small boats bill is 'shutting the door to victims of modern slavery', says Theresa May

https://youtu.be/u245_Rb0cKo

#news #politics #UK #smallboatsbill

Small boats bill is 'shutting the door to victims of modern slavery', says Theresa May

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