PMQs ends – Parliament enters recess tomorrow
That’s a wrap on this week’s PMQs and the immigration minister’s statement on plans to house migrants in military bases to cut down on the use of hotels.
- It was an unusual day at the House of Commons, as the prime minister and Labour leader attended Baroness Betty Boothroyd’s funeral in Cambridgeshire
- Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab stood in for Rishi Sunak and deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner stood in for Sir Keir Starmer, and they clashed over rape convictions, anti-social behaviour and policing
- Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick then announced the government’s plans to repurpose barrack blocks on former military bases in Essex, Lincolnshire and East Sussex to house migrants
- The announcement was met with disdain by shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who branded the plans an “admission of failure” by the Conservative government
There will be no PMQs next week, as parliament enters its Easter recess tomorrow – it will be on 17 April.