The Home Office faces a serious delay in pushing forward its Illegal Migration Bill as peers demand to see an economic impact assessment on the controversial legislation.
On Monday, Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth was heckled in the Lords as he repeatedly said the report would be “published in due course.”
The Tory minister refused to commit to making the already completed document available to peers before the bill moves from the House.
Former senior judge and independent cross-bench peer Baroness Butler-Sloss said it was “outrageous” peers were being asked to take decisions on the proposals without knowing the predicted impact of them….