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Some interesting (if incomplete) answers yesterday from @ukhomeoffice to my written questions on citizenship deprivation, which will be relevant to debates on #NBBill clause 9 members.parliament.uk/member/4705/wr….
Why was the power to deprive on “conducive to the public good” grounds exercised more than 100 times in 2017, far more than in any other year (though figures for 2019-2021 are not yet available)? 
And an interesting admission that the notification requirement which HMG seeks to remove by clause 9 of the bill has only once stood in the way of the deprivation power (in the D4 case which @SayeedaWarsi and I referred to in our 2nd reading speeches hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-01-…).
Looks like absolute scenes in Parliament yet again. Key amendment to secure time for Monday debate just being voted on. Big conflab at the clerks table instead of result being announced. Too close? Disputed figures? Andrea Leadsom now reading Erskine May...
@ParlyApp Now all the huddles are behind the Speaker's Chair. Notable that apart from @amandamilling it's mainly men. Speaker in animated conversations. The official HoC photos are going to be quite something. Now point of order asking what on earth going on.
Speaker says the two (Tory & Lab) Chief Whips have been asked to discuss the situation briefly. It's the 'usual channels' in real-time and with TV cameras...
