{"id":121137,"date":"2023-12-04T14:40:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=121137"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:40:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:40:20","slug":"brexiteer-mark-francois-sets-out-solution-to-end-small-boats-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/politics\/brexiteer-mark-francois-sets-out-solution-to-end-small-boats-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexiteer Mark Francois sets out solution to end small boats crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rwanda: Francois calls for ‘notwithstanding’ clause in legislation<\/h3>\n

Mark Francois has set out a solution to get a grip on the small boats crisis.<\/p>\n

The Conservative MP called for emergency legislation on the Rwanda policy to include a “notwithstanding” clause to direct British courts to ignore the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).<\/p>\n

Mr Francois told GB News: \u201cLet me give you some feedback from the frontline. I tend to go out canvassing in my constituency twice a month.<\/p>\n

“I was out in the cold on Saturday morning and I got some pretty direct feedback on this. The boats and immigration came up again and again and again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a bit on the cost of living crisis, we had a bit on the NHS, but that was by far and away the market leader.<\/p>\n

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“These people want the boats stopped and if it’s complex because of the ECHR, they expect us as legislators to work through that to come up with a solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Rishi promised to stop the boats but as Lee Anderson very bluntly pointed out a few weeks ago, well, he hasn’t has he?”<\/p>\n

Mr Francois said the Conservatives have “probably got one more chance”.<\/p>\n

He added: “And what we need in order to make this work is what’s called a notwithstanding clause.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat that means is you say, notwithstanding the ECHR, in this one scenario, in the cross-Channel scenario, the ECHR will not apply.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you’re not withdrawing from the whole ECHR, you’re just saying in this particular set of circumstances, the Strasbourg court’s writ will not run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had two goes before. We had the Nationality and Borders Act. Many people wanted a notwithstanding clause in that, we didn’t do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the Illegal Immigration Act, many people wanted it in that, Suella Braverman lost an argument with Rishi on that.<\/p>\n

“Now it’s three strikes and you’re out. If we don’t make this legislation work the public will stop listening to us.”<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised emergency legislation to deem Rwanda a safe country and a new treaty with the African nation after the Supreme Court last month ruled the policy was unlawful.<\/p>\n

The plan to send Channel migrants on a one-way ticket to Kigali has so far been grounded by legal challenges.<\/p>\n