Latest updates: Rishi Sunak refuses to say whether he will withdraw UK from deal as MP proposes bill to remove asylum seekers
Good morning. As the old saying goes, “there’s no pleasing some people” – or Tory Brexiters.
Rishi Sunak got a good reception from Conservative MPs, and the Fleet Street wing of the party, for the plans he unveiled yesterday to deal with small boat crossings, including legislation next year that would ban people who arrive illegally in the UK from applying for asylum. But after PMQs the Tory MP Jonathan Gullis will propose his asylum seekers (removal to safe countries) bill under the 10-minute rule procedure, a Commons rule that allows a backbencher to argue for a bill with a 10-minute speech in the middle of proceedings, even though it has almost no chance of becoming law.
Latest updates: Rishi Sunak refuses to say whether he will withdraw UK from deal as MP proposes bill to remove asylum seekersGood morning. As the old saying goes, “there’s no pleasing some people” – or Tory Brexiters.Rishi Sunak got a good reception from Conservative MPs, and the Fleet Street wing of the party, for the plans he unveiled yesterday to deal with small boat crossings, including legislation next year that would ban people who arrive illegally in the UK from applying for asylum. But after PMQs the Tory MP Jonathan Gullis will propose his asylum seekers (removal to safe countries) bill under the 10-minute rule procedure, a Commons rule that allows a backbencher to argue for a bill with a 10-minute speech in the middle of proceedings, even though it has almost no chance of becoming law. Continue reading…
