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Suella Braverman, sacked as UK Home Secretary last year, has hit out at her former boss to say PM Rishi Sunaks Safety of Rwanda Bill coming up in Parliament next week wont work..
After stern statements in the House of Commons during the week, the Indian-origin former minister said in an interview with GB News channel on Friday that she would not support the Bill in its current form...
The controversial Bill, now going through its parliamentary process after clearing a first hurdle in the Commons last month, seeks to overcome legal hurdles in the way of deporting asylum seekers to the east African nation as a key strategy to meet Sunaks pledge to stop the boats of illegal migrants landing on Englands shores...
I am sent to Parliament to vote for things, to be for things or to be against them, not to sit on the fence, she said.. British MPs are due to debate and vote on amendments to the bill on Tuesday and Wednesday next week before its Third Reading vote, the final stage for any new legislation to clear in the Commons before it is sent to the House of Lords for further scrutiny...
The former home secretary said it would be far better to defeat Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill and start again than to proceed with legislation that won't stop the boats..
