Posts Tagged “amendment”

Bid to keep Dubs scheme open fails in UK Parliament

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Bid to keep Dubs scheme open fails in UK Parliament

Just three Tory MPs backed a failed move this afternoon to keep the Dubs scheme open in the UK. Up to thirty Conservative MPs had been expected to rebel against the government, but many abstained instead and Tory backbencher Heidi Allen’s amendment was lost by 287 votes to 267. The BBC report that only three…

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Commons defeat Lord Dubs’ amendment to accept 3,000 child refugees into UK from Europe

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Commons defeat Lord Dubs’ amendment to accept 3,000 child refugees into UK from Europe

Labour peer Lord Dubs’ amendment to the Government’s Immigration Bill was narrowly defeated when it came before MPs in the House of Commons on Monday evening. The plan to accept 3,000 unaccompanied Syrian child refugees who had travelled to Europe was defeated by 294 votes to 276. [See how MPs voted.] A previously announced Government scheme…

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