Rishi Sunak springs to defence of '30p Lee' Anderson

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : This confirms the Government's clear view from the outset.'Illegal migration destroys lives and costs British taxpayers millions of pounds a year.
59% : 'I think the British people have been very patient, I've been very patient, and now they're demanding action.
54% : It is not linked to the European Union, so Brexit did not affect the UK's obligations.
53% : Judges noted how Schedule 3 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 allows the Government, as long as it obtains Parliamentary approval, to designate particular countries as safe.
49% : And in a nod to the fury of the Tory Right he insisted if that failed he is ready to ignore the European Convention on Human Rights rather than let 'foreign courts' stand in the way of action.
49% : That will make it absolutely clear to our courts and to Strasbourg that the risks laid out by the court today have been responded to, will be consistent with international law and ensure that Parliament is able to scrutinise it.'Ex-minister Jonathan Gullis challenged Mr Cleverly on whether he was 'willing to disapply international treaties and conventions such as the ECHR and the Refugee Convention in order to take back control of our borders, yes or no?'Mr Cleverly responded: 'I don't believe those things are necessary.'Tory MP Caroline Johnson said her constituents were disappointed by the court's ruling, adding: 'I understand his plan is to upgrade the treaty with Rwanda, can he advise the House how long will that take?
45% : But Home Secretary James Cleverly risked further enraging right-wingers by insisting is it 'not necessary' to ditch the European Convention on Human Rights or UN Refugee Convention in order to 'take back control of our borders'.READ MORE: Rishi Sunak announces 'emergency legislation' to deem Rwanda a safe country so that flights filled with asylum seekers WILL go ahead - and vows to scrap international human rights rules if foreign courts objectAt a press conference in No10, the PM pledged a new treaty with the country and said Parliament will declare that it is safe for asylum seekersAdvertisementMaking a statement to MPs after PMQs, Mr Cleverly said the ruling was a 'temporary setback' and the upgraded treaty with Rwanda - which could come before Parliament in days - would toughen rules against repatriating asylum seekers.
45% : 'In agreement with the Court of Appeal, we consider that the past and the present cannot be effectively ignored or sidelined as the Secretary of State suggests.'In a 56-page judgment dismissing the Home Office's appeal, Lords Reed and Lloyd-Jones said the High Court had wrongly dismissed the evidence of the UN Refugee Agency, the UNHCR, about problems with the Rwandan asylum system.
45% : He added: 'There are other international treaties which also prohibit the return of asylum seekers to their countries of origin without a proper examination of their claims.'These included the the United Nations (UN) Refugee Convention, the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, he said.
44% : It came after the Supreme Court concluded unanimously that the scheme to deport arrivals immediately would break the law.
43% : If 'foreign courts' are still posing a problem the government is ready to ignore, water down or force reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights and UN Refugee Convention.4.
42% : In a statement, New Conservative co-chairmen Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates said: 'The Bill must disapply the Human Rights Act and ... restate the power of government to disregard interim rulings from Strasbourg.

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