Live updates: prime minister under pressure from MPs ahead of debate on extending emergency powers in the Coronavirus Act
- More than 80 Tory MPs prepared to rebel over Covid powers
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11.12am BST
Here is Sky’s Sam Coates on the standoff between No 10 and Tory backbenchers over the powers parliament has to scrutinise coronavirus regulations. (See 9.23am.)
Waiting for white smoke on compromise talks over whether the Commons should have more of a say in Coronavirus restrictions
It’s a referendum on the influence of chief whip Mark Spencer, who Tory rebels think understand the issue properly. The q is whether No10 listens, they say
It looks all but certain the Brady amendment doesn’t get selected this lunchtime, and Labour wouldn’t vote to challenge the main Coronavirus reauthoristion motion. So gvt wins
But that would NOT be the end of the story.
Today’s vote was only ever to be symbolic – as 1984 laws are the ones that matter and give the powers used when introducing the restriction MPs want to scrutinise
A restive Parliamentary party with both wings plus the 1922 against them is a dangerous place for No10 to be.
10.59am BST
A Whitehall brainstorming session prompted by Priti Patel led to the idea being floated of sending asylum seekers to a volcanic island in the South Atlantic, my colleagues Peter Walker and Jessica Murray report.
Related: Priti Patel looked at idea of sending asylum seekers to South Atlantic
Continue reading…Live updates: prime minister under pressure from MPs ahead of debate on extending emergency powers in the Coronavirus ActMore than 80 Tory MPs prepared to rebel over Covid powersUK spent £569m on ventilators that remain largely unusedExclusive: care home outbreaks cast doubt on official PHE dataGlobal coronavirus updates – live 11.12am BSTHere is Sky’s Sam Coates on the standoff between No 10 and Tory backbenchers over the powers parliament has to scrutinise coronavirus regulations. (See 9.23am.)Waiting for white smoke on compromise talks over whether the Commons should have more of a say in Coronavirus restrictionsIt’s a referendum on the influence of chief whip Mark Spencer, who Tory rebels think understand the issue properly. The q is whether No10 listens, they sayIt looks all but certain the Brady amendment doesn’t get selected this lunchtime, and Labour wouldn’t vote to challenge the main Coronavirus reauthoristion motion. So gvt winsBut that would NOT be the end of the story.Today’s vote was only ever to be symbolic – as 1984 laws are the ones that matter and give the powers used when introducing the restriction MPs want to scrutinise A restive Parliamentary party with both wings plus the 1922 against them is a dangerous place for No10 to be. 10.59am BSTA Whitehall brainstorming session prompted by Priti Patel led to the idea being floated of sending asylum seekers to a volcanic island in the South Atlantic, my colleagues Peter Walker and Jessica Murray report. Related: Priti Patel looked at idea of sending asylum seekers to South Atlantic Continue reading…