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MPs back plan to strip terror suspects of UK citizenship MPs reject Tory rebel bid to deport more foreign criminals
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MPs have voted in favour of Home Secretary Theresa May's plan to strip some terror suspects of UK citizenship by 297 to 34. MPs have voted to reject a bid by rebel Tory MPs to stop foreign criminals using European human rights law to avoid deportation, by 241 to 97.
The proposal was a last minute addition to the government's Immigration Bill. But MPs did vote in favour of Home Secretary Theresa May's plan to strip foreign-born terror suspects of UK citizenship, by 297 to 34.
They are now voting on proposals to ban foreign criminals from using European human rights law to avoid deportation. The rebel plan only failed thanks to opposition from Labour and Lib Dem MPs.
That amendment - proposed by backbench Tory rebel Dominic Raab - is likely to be defeated despite David Cameron saying he agreed with it in principle. Downing Street - anticipating a big rebellion - ordered Tory ministers to abstain to avoid a damaging defeat.
David Cameron said he was in favour of the rebels' aim - deporting more foreign criminals - but there were concerns that it would contravene European human rights legislation.
But shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper accused the home secretary and prime minister of being "scared of their own backbenchers", adding that the Immigration Bill has been a "car crash" for the government.