On The Take with Sophy Ridge, our deputy political editor Sam Coates asked: "When was the last time a sitting prime minister lost three by-elections on the same day?" He added that his amendment "simply provides a backstop that protects the taxpayers of this country from indefinitely supporting people existing in the UK in limbo".
The revised amendment, which will be sent back to MPs for consideration, would pause the calculation of six months while any suspensive claim is considered, which he argued would actually disincentivise making spurious claims. However, Lord German said that a change made to his amendment, after it was rejected by the Commons, fixes this problem. Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth argued that this could lead to an increase in people trying to "game the system" by launching spurious claims in order to extend their time in the UK and run down the clock to six months. The Liberal Democrat amendment was approved by 212 votes to 151, majority 61. Peers voted in favour of a move to allow an asylum claim to be considered if the person has not been removed from the UK within six months of the day their claim is deemed inadmissible. The government has faced a second defeat in the House of Lords this evening over its controversial Illegal Migration Bill. The senior clergyman argued that it is morally unjustified to have different provisions for children within families to those who are alone, as "one child is not different from another". The Rt Rev David Walker added: "I cannot accept that it is right to lock up these children for an indefinite period simply because they happen to arrive with families, when we know there are grave consequences." The Bishop of Manchester said in the chamber: "The institutional nature of detention affects a child's both physical and mental development and it leads to their significant emotional and psychological regression," adding that these adverse affects are not limited to unaccompanied children. This vote was also not close - the result was 202 to 144, meaning a majority of 58. In their fifth vote of the evening, peers backed a move to limit powers to detain children who arrive in the UK with their families to 96 hours, or one week with ministerial authorisation.
"These are emergency measures to deal with an emergency."Īnother division, another defeat for the government in the House of Lords. Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth said: "I am afraid there too much by way of opportunities to misuse the provisions in the Modern Slavery Act in connection with allegations of modern slavery made by those entering the country illegally. "Nobody comes in legally for modern slavery, so I am very disappointed with this bill." Lord Randall, who is deputy chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation, said: "By the dint of modern slavery, everybody who is enslaved and arrives in this country have come in illegally. The move, backed by 207 votes to 140, majority 67, was proposed by Tory peer Lord Randall of Uxbridge, a former adviser to Theresa May, who voted against the government over the removal of safeguards in the bill. This time, the Lords backed a move to demand the retention of protections for victims of modern slavery who have been exploited in the UK, including those who are cooperating with criminal investigations. The House of Lords has yet again voted against the government on the Illegal Migration Bill. Join us again from 6am for another packed day in British politics. And he criticised "insulting, dehumanising, totally unacceptable" attacks on the Civil Service.He also said he has referred communications by Nadine Dorries to civil servants to the Speaker and Tory chief whip.The nation's top civil servant said there is "no evidence" the Sue Gray partygate report was affected by party political associations.Deputy PM Oliver Dowden and Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner faced off at (deputy) PMQs.The first asylum seekers arrived at the Wethersfield military site - despite the council seeking judicial review.
The G7 signed a joint declaration to stand by Ukraine "for as long as it takes"."I'm not Amazon" - Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Ukraine to show gratitude to the West for weaponry.The government has suffered six defeats so far in the House of Lords over its Illegal Migration Bill - and voting continues.Thank you for joining us for another busy day in Westminster - and Lithuania.
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