Tories block bid to release Windrush documents as government defeated on Irish border - as it happened
MPs reject Labour motion calling on government to release internal Windrush documents
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May suffered a fresh defeat over Brexit on Wednesday but the government was able to block a Labour motion calling for the release of documents relating to the Windrush scandal.
Peers voted to amend the EU Withdrawal Bill to include tough legal protections guaranteeing no “checks and controls” at the Irish border after Brexit, marking the latest in a string of defeats for the prime minister on the bill.
Ms May had earlier announced a review of the government’s treatment of Windrush generation immigrations at Prime Minister’s Questions.
She told MPs there would be a “full review of lessons learned, independent oversight and external challenge” and that the new home secretary, Sajid Javid, will be announcing a “package of measures to bring transparency on the issue”.
The announcement came ahead of the Commons vote, called by Labour, to try to force ministers to release internal government documents relating to the fiasco. That motion was defeated.
This is the latest poll from YouGov on Westminster voting intention, which was conducted after Amber Rudd's resignation as home secretary.
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Here is the motion that Labour is putting down in the Commons later today on Windrush for their opposition day debate. It can potentially go on until around 7pm.
On the customs union, Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat MP and Best for Britain supporter, said: "The Prime Minister is kicking the can down the road in a desperate attempt to hold the widening fissures of the Tory party together. It cannot and will not work.
"The Prime Minister must keep us in the Customs Union and then put her deal to the people. We need a final say on the Brexit deal."
It's being reported that the Conservatives will be forced to vote against Labour's motion in the Commons later today.
A Labour Party spokesperson has just responded this, telling The Independent: "If the architect of this cruel farce, the Prime Minister, is ordering her MPs to vote to keep her role in this mess hidden from the public, it exposes the Tories' crocodile tears on the Windrush scandal as a sham.
"We need answers, not further cover ups to save Theresa May from facing up to her involvement in the removal of rights, detentions and possible deportations of British citizens.
"After letting Rudd take the fall for her decisions, how can the public have any trust in the Prime Minister?"
Prime Minister's Questions has now started. Amber Rudd, who resigned as Home Secretary on Sunday, is sat four rows behind the Prime Minister - her first appearance as a backbencher.
Corbyn kicks off his questions, asking whether the Prime Minister felt any guilt over Amber Rudd's resignation as Home Secretary.
May says Sajid Javid will be updating the House of Commons later on Windrush on a package of measures. The review will have all access to information in the Home Office, May adds.
Corbyn is now asking why the Prime Minister didn't inform Rudd about targets on deportations - considering she was aware of them herself.
He also says the Government used to talk about a "long term economic plan" but we're not the slowest growing economy in the EU.
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