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.
Conservative MP Peter Bone is the first to speak from the backbenches. He says in just under a years time, the Prime Minister will be taking Britain out of the European Union.
He says in his constituency a statue to the "Brexit Queen" (Theresa May) will be erected to honour her.
Theresa May told MPs that there would be a "full review of lessons learned" from the Windrush generation row.
At Prime Minister's Questions, May said Home Secretary Sajid Javid "will be announcing a package of measures to bring transparency on the issue".
She added that "speed is of the essence" and Mr Javid "will be commissioning a full review of lessons learned, independent oversight and external challenge with the intention of reporting back to this House before we rise for the summer".
The review will have "full access to all relevant information in the Home Office, including policy papers and casework decisions".
Amber Rudd is now up - her first contribution from the backbenches since resigning as Home Secretary following the Windrush scandal.
She asks to invite the PM to share the admiration for the counter terrorism and security services following the terrorist incidents last year.
May pays tribute to Rudd, saying she did valuable work in the Home Office.
As well as focusing on Windrush, Mr Corbyn also sought to highlight issues on community services, including schools, NHS funding and police... This is of course the day before the local elections in parts of England so perhaps unsurprising.
In his final remarks, the Labour leader told the Commons: "The economy is slowing, homelessness is rising, more children are living in poverty, the Home Office in chaos, and the Government is making a complete shambles of Brexit negotiations.
"They're damaging our NHS, damaging our children's schools, cutting police as crime soars and they claim to be strong and stable.
"With council tax rising by more than 5% all over the country, isn't the truth facing voters tomorrow that with the Tories you pay more and you get less?"
Theresa May replied: "More funding going into the NHS, more funding going into our schools, more funding going into social care.
"If he wants to talk about the impact of council tax on local residents, I suggest he goes to Hazelbourne Road in Clapham.
"On one side of the road in a typical home, someone will pay nearly £1,400 in council tax. That of course is in Labour-run Lambeth.
"On the other side of the road someone in a typical home will pay just over £700 in council tax. That's in Conservative-run Wandsworth.
"No clearer example can there be that Conservative councils cost you less."
Here you can watch Amber Rudd's first contribution in the Commons since resigning as home secretary over the weekend over the Windrush scandal and misleading Parliament over immigration removal targets.
In one of the first questions, May also hinted at support for stricter laws on upksirting, telling MPs in the Commons that the legislation was being examined "in detail".
Mrs May told the Commons she "shares the outrage" of victims, adding: "We are determined to ensure that victims do have confidence that their complaints will be taken seriously.
"It is possible currently to bring prosecutions but my Right Honourable friend the Justice Secretary [David Gauke] is examining the state of the law at the moment to make sure that it is fit for purpose, and as part of that work is considering her Bill in detail."
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