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As Michael Tomlinson confirmed in interviews this morning (see 9.35am), the government’s latest ploy to assure Tory rebels that it is serious about ignoring European court of human rights’ injunctions banning deportation flights is to suggest that the civil service code will be amended to make it clear that officials can’t use injunctions as a reason to block flights themselves.
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But this idea has been dismissed as “madness” by Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA, the union that represents senior civil servants. In an interview with Kevin Schofield from HuffPost, Penman said:
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They’re essentially advising civil servants to act illegally, which will put them in conflict between their obligation to uphold the rule of law and to follow their instructions from elected ministers.
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Ministers have an obligation to not put civil servants in that position. This is madness – changing the civil service code does not change the law.
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And here are some more lines from Michael Tomlinson’s interview round this morning.
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Tomlinson, the minister for illegal migration, said he was confident the Rwanda bill would pass its third reading. “We are not going to be defeated tonight, he said.
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He said the Conservatives shared a “unity of purpose” over the Rwanda bill and that disagreements over what should be in it only amounted to an “inch”. He said:
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When we go through the detail of the legislation, yes, there is a difference in emphasis … but in terms of the overall message, the overall desire and aim, every single Conservative speaker yesterday stood up and said that they want this policy to work.
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When it was put to him that Tory MPs fundamentally disagreed, he replied:
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They don’t fundamentally disagree. There are disagreements of emphasis. There’s an inch between us, there’s a determination to ensure that the policy works.
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He claimed that the bill would have a 94% deterrent effect on small boat crossings. In his interview on the Today programme, he claimed the Rwanda policy could have the same impact as the PM’s deal with Albania, which has led to a big increase in returns to Albania. When Mishal Husain insisted the two policies were very different (because Albanians are being returned to their home countries, and most of those who have returned were people in prison, not small boat arrivals), Tomlinson persisted with the analogy. He said the Rwanda policy would “start off with small numbers” and then move into the thousands. He said nearly 6,000 Albanians had been deported. Asked when 6,000 people would be sent to Rwanda, he refused to say. But he went on:
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We have seen the deterrent effect working in relation to Albania. Albanians crossing on small boats has reduced not by 90%, not by 93%, but 94% as a result of the measures and the steps that have taken. That is exactly the same principle.
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When Husain put it to him, again, that the Albanian scheme was very different, Tomlinson insisted the deterrent principle was the same. He went on:
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It’s a different country, it’s the same principle. It is the deterrent principle that is working and that is in effect 94% of those coming from Albania. We will see the same deterrent effect.
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How long will it take for migrants to be sent to Rwanda if Rishi Sunak's bill gets royal assent?
Michael Tomlinson, illegal migration minister, tells @MishalHusain this process will take time and will begin with small numbers of migrants initially.#R4Today
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) January 17, 2024
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Good morning. Rishi Sunak faces another difficult day over his Rwanda bill, but it seems much more likely than not that by the time he goes to bed he will have got the legislation through the House of Commons unamended.
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Even CCHQ would find it hard to present that as a triumph. Sixty Conservative MPs opposed the government in one of the votes last night, in the biggest rebellion of Sunak’s premiership, three people resigned from party or government positions, the bill still has to get through the House of Lords, and, even if it does become law, you would have to be very generous to say No 10 has made a convincing case to show that it will work.
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But getting the bill past third reading in these circumstances would be a lot, lot better than losing and No 10 seem confident they will win the final vote. According to the Commons website, the government has a working majority of 54 and so if 60 Tory MPs were to vote against, or even if all of them just abstained, the majority would vanish. But only around a dozen or so have said they will vote against and most of them are likely to vote with the government (including Lee Anderson, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Stevenson, the three people who resigned yesterday so they could vote in favour of rebel amendments, according to Newsnight’s Nicholas Watt).
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Face with a choice between a Rwanda bill they believe is too weak, and no Rwanda bill at all, a possible no confidence vote in Sunak (which he would probably win), and an increased chance of an early election, Conservative MPs seem minded to reject the self-destruct option. This is not the way they have always behaved in recent years, and it is why Sunak may conclude that the outcome could be a lot worse. He is likely to feel more satisfied by the end of the day than the hardline, ERG rightwingers who brought down Theresa May’s Brexit deal and said explicitly they wanted to do the same to the Rwanda bill.
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Today MPs will be discussing amendments including the one from Robert Jenrick intended to ensure that the government really does ignore European court of human rights’ injunctions saying deportation flights should not be allowed to take off. Sunak has said in principle he is willing to do this. But he has not given a cast-iron assurance that in all circumstances he would.
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Why not? Probably because of the attorney general, Victoria Prentis, who has reportedly said that if a minister actually does ignore one of the injunctions (rather than just declaring they might), that would be in breach of international law. And breaking interntaional law is a breach of the ministerial code.
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Michael Tomlinson, the minister for illegal migration, was doing the morning interview round and he offered the Tory rebels an olive branch on this point. He said the government is considering changing the civil service code to say that government can ignore these injunctions, which would mean officials could not ignore them by citing the international law argument. Asked to confirm that was the case, he told the Today programme:
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We are looking at that. What happens at the moment is that civil servants advise, ministers decide, and then our excellent civil servants go on and effect and carry out those policies. But, yes, we are looking to see what can be done to strengthen and reassure.
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I will post more on his interviews shortly.
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Here is the agenda for the day.
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Noon: Rishi Sunak faces Keir Starmer at PMQs.
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Noon: The Northern Ireland assembly is being recalled because Sinn Féin wants a debate on public sector pay ahead of a planned mass strike tomorrow. But it is expected that a full sitting will not be possible because the DUP, which has been boycotting power sharing for almost two years, will continue to block the election of a speaker.
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After 12.45pm: MPs resume their debate on the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill. Up to six hours is set aside for the rest of the committee stage debate, and then – if no amendments are passed – up to another hour is set aside for the third reading debate. So the final vote could be mid-evening.
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1pm: David Cameron, the foreign secretary, takes part in a discussion at Davos with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba. Later, at 4.30pm, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, takes part in a discussion on growth. Graeme Wearden is covering all the Davos event on his business live blog.
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important events
Nick Fletcher (Con) says he wants a male minister and a new hospital in his constituency.
sunak He said he would be happy to discuss these matters the next time he visits Mr Fletcher's constituency.
caroline lucas (Green) claims the British government is complicit in the horrors in Gaza, going so far as to call for a cease-fire. These are not her words, but those of Oxfam's director. What would it take for the prime minister to support a permanent bilateral ceasefire?
sunak They say a ceasefire would be the best way forward. However, Hamas would have to agree to release the hostages, Hamas would no longer be in charge of Gaza, and the Palestinian Authority would have to take over Gaza.
dean russell (Kon) had a heart attack six months ago, but says he has recovered. He invited the Prime Minister to express his gratitude to everyone who had helped him recover.
sunak He thanked Russell for sharing his story and said he was glad he had recovered.
stephen flynn The SNP leader in Westminster asked Sunak if he understood the anger people felt towards the government.
sunak The average worker says they pay more tax in Scotland than in England.
Flynn They say the Conservative Party is trying to weaponize the most vulnerable in society. Mr Sunak will soon retire. Does he really want this to be his legacy?
sunak They argue that it is wrong to allow asylum seekers to unfairly jump the queue.
maria miller (Con) calls on Sunak to ban non-disclosure agreements in all severance agreements. She says they were used to silence Post Office Horizon victims.
sunak The Ministry of Justice is reportedly considering this.
Starmer Mr Sunak says if he sticks to his beliefs, he would vote with Labor on the Rwanda plan. He quotes what Danny Kruger said about the Conservative Party leaving Britain “a sadder place”. If Mr Sunak's MPs don't believe their record, he says, why should the public?
sunak He says his plans will bring Britain a bright future.
Starmer Conservative parties say they are in open rebellion against each other and against Rwanda. Is it any wonder they rebel when the Prime Minister doesn't believe in the policy?
sunak It would be news to Starmer that people could believe in something and stick to it, he says. Just this week, he says, there was another example. Starmer supported banning Hizb ut-Tahrir, he said. But he said Mr Starmer had worked as a lawyer in the past to stop them from being banned.
Starmer Sunak says he doesn't know where they are. But we know a place where they are not: Rwanda. Only the minister goes there. And he says Mr Sunak doesn't even support Rwanda policy. The Tories on this are combed by hundreds of bald people. Wouldn't Sunak have been better off keeping his gun?
sunak Experts say this is the strongest piece of legislation ever passed on this subject. The former Supreme Court justice says it will work. But Starmer is only interested in left-handed lawyers. He says Starmer has published a book he wrote and it's called European Human Rights Law.
sir lindsay hoyleSpeakers said lawmakers should not use “props” in the chamber.
Starmer He says spending £400 million on exclusion issues that exclude no one is not the plan. That's a farce. he asks again. Where are the missing people?
sunak Let's list what's happening. Tougher crackdowns, increased blockades of bank accounts (both using powers opposed by Labor) and record numbers of people returning home. It's a plan that's working. The number of people entering the UK has fallen by a third. And it's a little rich to hear Starmer say stop the boat. Starmer has “no values, no beliefs, no plans”. He's back to square one, he says.
Starmer He says he wondered how the government could lose so many people. But then he remembered how bad their performance was. They lost people they wanted to deport. So where are they?
sunak The government announced that 20,000 people had been removed. It's important to have a deterrent effect, he says. And he says Mr Starmer is not interested in solving the problem. He said Mr Starmer told the BBC that he intended to withdraw the Rwanda plan even if it worked.
keir starmer We also wish McCartney and his father all the best.
And he says all MPs will want to express their condolences to the family. Two-year-old child found starved to death in Skegness.
He asked whether the government had located the 4,250 asylum seekers who had fled.
sunak He says the government's plan is working.
Jason McCarney (Con) said his father had joined the list of people in his constituency who had been diagnosed with dementia. He is calling on the government to do more to address the issue.
sunak expressed sympathy and said funding for dementia research was doubling.





