Growing Push From 60 MPs for Hardline Amendments on Rwanda Debate

Published on January 15, 2024

Veteran MP Sir Bill Cash is set to lead a pivotal debate on sovereignty in the parliamentary chamber on Tuesday, with around 60 MPs already backing his proposed hardline amendments to the Rwanda bill, a number he suggested could swell to 70 by Monday evening. Figures from the so-called “Five Families” of right-leaning Conservative party factions have supported amendments by Sir Bill and consulting lawyers, who are aiming to push for a harder line of policy on UK sovereignty over the Rwanda immigration policy and independence from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). A source close to the Democratic Unionist Party has confirmed the party’s support for the amendments to The Epoch Times, adding weight to the growing dissent within the Conservative Party....

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