Tom Nguyen, Parliamentary Lead, Together With Refugees – 9 February 2022 reported that on 9th February 2022
“Conservative peers lead push for global resettlement target” – YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT.
A key amendment to include a global resettlement target of 10,000 places per year, was led by conservative peers, and received cross-party support on Tuesday night. As you know, getting the government to commit to a resettlement target is one of Together with Refugees two key priorities for reforms to the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Read all about it here but here is a taste:
from Baroness Stroud “the Minister will observe that the four named supporters of this amendment sit on the Conservative Benches. This is not because other Members of this House were not supportive, but because the strength of support on the Conservative Benches meant that we got there first.”
Lord Dubs drove home the signal we wanted to send by saying “amendment 116, in the name of four Conversative Members of the Committee, is much more radical than anything produced by the Crossbenchers, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, the Labour Party or the Bishops’ Bench. It is amazing and I wonder what is happening to the Conservative Party here. I welcome Amendment 116.”
Baroness Ludford (Liberal Democrat) emphasised her support for the amendment given the resettlement target also happens to be Liberal Democrat official policy.