Westminster today: Amber Rudd defends government over Windrush scandal as Theresa May insists 'hostile environment' will stay - as it happened

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Amber Rudd has defended the government over the Windrush fiasco as she appeared in front of the Home Affairs Committee.

Jeremy Corbyn had earlier called on the Home Secretary to “take responsibility and resign” over the scandal, which has engulfed the government in recent days.

During Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Corbyn also challenged Theresa May to explain why she ignored Home Office warnings about the potential discrimination caused by the “hostile environment” policies introduced during Ms May’s tenure at the Home Office.

He pointed to an internal memo from the department in 2014 which said the approach could make it harder for people, such as the Windrush generation, to find homes and “provoke discrimination”.

Ms May, formerly home secretary, replied by quoting Labour's Liam Byrne talking of a hostile environment when immigration minister under the previous Labour administration.

As it happened...

Key Points

• David Davis says MPs will be able to amend final Brexit motion
• Theresa May and Boris Johnson clash over immigration
• Dozens of MPs accompany Labour's Ruth Smeeth to give evidence at hearing of Labour member who heckled her at antisemitism event

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Around 50 MPs have accompanied Labour's Ruth Smeeth to Church House in Westminster, where she is due to give evidence to the party's disciplinary hearing into a Labour member, Marc Wadsworth, who is suspended for alleged antisemitism.

[25 April 2018 10:57 · Kristin Hugo]

David Davis' evidence to the Brexit committee has now finished. Here's our full story on what he said, courtesy of Rob Merrick: ​

[25 April 2018 11:16 · Kristin Hugo]

Labour's leader in the European Parliament has said a second referendum be called if MPs vote down Theresa May's fina Brexit deal. Richard Corbett said support for a second vote were "growing":

[25 April 2018 11:34 · Kristin Hugo]

A demonstration, organised by the Labour Against the Witchhunt group and Brighton and Hove Momentum, is taking place outside the disciplinary hearing of Marc Wadworth, who was suspended by Labour after heckling Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth at the launch of a report on antisemitism.

[25 April 2018 11:57 · Kristin Hugo]

Don't go anywhere - PMQs is getting underway shortly...

[25 April 2018 12:04 · Kristin Hugo]

Theresa May is on her feet, and PMQs is underway.

The prime minister starts by paying tribute to the family of Stephen Lawrence, who she says have "fought heroically to make sure that their son's life and death will never be forgotten".

[25 April 2018 12:07 · Kristin Hugo]

Watch PMQs live here:

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Jeremy Corbyn asks Theresa May whether Windrush immigrants affected by the government's immigration clampdown will be "fully compensated".

In a clear dig at Labour over its antisemitism row, the PM replies that there is a need for everyone to work to "stamp out racism in every form".

She adds:

"Everybody will see the action the government has taken is because we know the Windrush generation are British, they are part of us and we will ensure that."

Corbyn says four years ago a Home Office memo suggested "hostile environment" polices would make things harder for the Windrush generation and asks why May, then the Home Secretary, ignored it.

May says the government wants to "flush illegal migrants out" and create a "much more hostile environment if you are here illegally" - words she attributes to former Labour immigration minister Liam Byrne.