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damian grammaticas has more. reporter: is your party too split to back the bill? iday, more tory divisions could be on show. all on a policy rishi sunak has put at the heart of his agenda — so a tempting target for an opposition leader. mps: hear, hear! it's a farce. only this, only this government could waste hundreds of millions of pounds on a removals policy that doesn't remove anyone. laughter. only this government could claim that it's going to get flights off the ground, only to discover that they couldn't find a plane. we have worked through a record number of cases and returned a record number of people back to where they have come. all of that is a plan that is working and we can see that is working because the numbers of people coming to this country are down by over a third, mr speaker. the labour leader seized on reports that mr sunak, when he was chancellor, didn't think the rwanda scheme would work as a deterrent. he didn't want to fund it. he didn't think it would work. when he sees his party tearing itself apart, hundreds of bald men scrapping over a

but, ultimately, i agreed with the prime minister and refunded the proposal and so the proof is in my action. with more on this, i'm joined by bbc�*s damian grammaticas. , ., . issue? i think ease in a tricky osition issue? i think ease in a tricky position because _ issue? i think ease in a tricky position because the - issue? i think ease in a tricky l position because the document issue? i think ease in a tricky - position because the document seen by the bbc had come from downing street when a was chancellor in downing street was drawing up this policy. what was interesting is that a didn't actually address the sort of key issue there which was that those documents said that the prime minister was trying to create this borisjohnson minister was trying to create this boris johnson policy and minister was trying to create this borisjohnson policy and rishi sunak as chancellor didn't think the deterrent would work. a focused today in his answers about the value for muggy, saying a was chancellor and a had to question things and deliver value for money —— he had to deliver value for money —— he had to deliver value for money. he says it is a key part