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.
MPs are currently voting on Labour's motion to force the government to release internal documents relating to the handling of the Windrush fiasco.
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