The Govt prepares for its Rwanda Bill - even if it passes - to fail, at massive cost
150 judges being recruited to cope with all the new Rwanda appeals
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As Rishi Sunak heads for a hollow victory, Facts4EU exposes the cost of this flawed Bill
Yesterday the Justice Secretary, the Rt Hon Alex Chalk MP, announced that in advance of the passing of the government’s Rwanda Bill, the UK’s court capacity will have to be expanded considerably. The Justice Department now plans to train 150 more judges, in order to cope with the expected number of appeals from those designated for Rwanda deportations.
Already, more than 100 extra judicial staff have been hired to cope with the expected appeals, according to the Justice Secretary.
A Brexit Facts4EU two-parter on Rwanda
Part I : The UK leading the way in redefining a new world order – Rwanda Part I
Part II : The Govt prepares for its Rwanda Bill - even if it passes - to fail, at massive cost - This report
Yesterday MPs started debating the third reading of the latest Rwanda Bill. As readers know, this is causing major divisions within the Parliamentary Conservative Party, from the ‘LibDem’ group known as ‘One Nation Conservatives’ to the other four groupings which tend more towards the views of the majority of voters.
Whether the PM wins or loses today, the country will lose
At the time of writing it seems that the Government’s weak Rwanda Bill will pass in the vote in the House of Commons this evening.
What is clear from the preparations being made, however, is that even if the Bill passes un-amended, the Government is expecting countless legal challenges from illegal migrants and their lawyers. If that were not the case, why recruit an extra 150 judges to handle the workload?
On Tuesday the Justice Secretary, the Rt Hon Alex Chalk MP, said the extra judges will free up 5,000 additional sitting days – just to hear asylum cases and to avoid the justice system slowing up even more than currently.
The extra cost will easily exceed £15m, on top of existing costs
Once again it will be the poor, over-burdened taxpayer who will pick up the tab, on top of the vast sums already being spent on hotels and subsistence, existing appeals, legal aid, and the hundreds of millions being thrown at the French and at the Rwandan governments.
We are now at the stage where the failure to deal with the illegal migration crisis is costing well over £1bn per annum.
The true cost is of course far higher in terms of the impact on society as a whole.
How the mighty have fallen
So far the notable casualties for Rishi Sunak in this conflict include the following :-
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- His Home Secretary, Suella Braverman
- His Immigration Minister, Robert Jenrick
- His Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson
- His second Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, Brendan Clarke-Smith
- The PPS to the Business and Trade Secretary, Jane Stevenson
All of the above have resigned on principle, stating that they do not believe Mr Sunak’s Bill will achieve its desired objectives. It is very concerning in particular to see the two lawyers, Mrs Braverman and Mr Jenrick, resigning. In both cases it is self-evident because of their positions and their training that they should know what they’re talking about.
Now we have the evidence from the new Justice Secretary revealing the Government’s expectation that the appeals by illegal migrants and their phalanx of ‘immigration lawyers’ will escalate. If this Bill, once enacted, were going to work, why would we need so many extra judges?
Whither the other parties on all of this?
Most of the media’s attention has been on the Conservative Government. In what used to be known as Fleet Street, the government of the day is ‘fair game’. What the media have said or written very little about, however, are the stances of the other parties in Westminster.
Not only are Keir Starmer’s Labour MPs against the amendments, they are even against the Bill in its current weak – and in our view unworkable - form. The same is true of Ed Davey’s LibDems, the SNP, and the sole surviving Green MP. Only the N.I. Unionist MPs back the amendments.
If any one (or a combination) of these other parties were in government, there would be no Rwanda option at all and the problem would escalate even further.
Observations
We would venture to suggest that the essential problem lies with elected representatives – and those in the House of Lords – who simply do not represent the views of their voters and the public at large.
All polls show that a majority of the British people want illegal migration stopped and legal migration reduced drastically.
Do the majority of MPs and Peers care? Apparently not. This is not representative democracy in action. The Facts4EU team has not worked tirelessly for eight years, seven days-a-week, to ensure a fully sovereign, independent and free country, only to see this shambles.
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[ Sources: Hansard | Justice Dept ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.
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