Ministers have been caught so badly on the hop in the row about the Windrush generation that when Amber Rudd came to the Commons today, she was forced not only to tell MPs that her own department wasn’t working properly, but also to admit that she didn’t know how many people had been deported.
The Home Secretary had been summoned by an Urgent Question from David Lammy. The Labour MP was seething with fury as he spoke, shouting that this situation was a “national disgrace”. He demanded to know details of those who had been deported, or lost access to benefits, healthcare, or their jobs.
Rudd had also faced questions on the matter at Home Office questions, and had told Anna Soubry that she was making a ‘fair point’ about the treatment of these Britons. She announced a dedicated team to help those affected gather the necessary documentation to prove their residency, and told MPs that “the way some of them have been treated is wrong and I am sorry”.
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