{"id":135452,"date":"2023-12-13T23:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmybiznews.com\/?p=135452"},"modified":"2023-12-13T23:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:58:56","slug":"suella-braverman-slams-rishi-sunaks-rwanda-bill-as-it-will-not-stop-the-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmybiznews.com\/politics\/suella-braverman-slams-rishi-sunaks-rwanda-bill-as-it-will-not-stop-the-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"Suella Braverman slams Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill as it ‘will not stop the boats’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has slammed Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill claiming it will “not stop the boats”.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister managed to fend off Tory rebels with the Rwanda Bill passing the second reading in the House of Commons by 313 votes to 269. Braverman was one of 37 Conservatives to abstain from the vote, despite a three-line whip to vote in favour.<\/p>\n

The Fareham MP resigned from Sunak’s Cabinet in November, accusing the PM of a “betrayal” to voters after so far failing to stop small boat crossings. She has now taken to social media to explain why she was “unable” to support the Bill.<\/p>\n

Braverman wrote: “Regretfully I was unable to support the \u2018Rwanda Bill\u2019.<\/p>\n

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“While the Bill has some positive elements, the truth is that it will not stop the boats because there are too many loopholes.<\/p>\n

“I welcome ministers\u2019 willingness to tighten the Bill.<\/p>\n

“We now need to work together to fix it.”<\/p>\n

Mark Francois, chairman of the European Research Group (ERG), also abstained from the vote. However, on Monday he also said the Bill had too many loopholes.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Financial Times, he said right-wing Tories felt “the government would be best advised to pull the Bill and to come up with a revised version that works better than this one which has so many holes in it\u201d.<\/p>\n

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