Prime minister expected to be asked about Rwanda bill as he faces Keir Starmer and other MPs

Mark Drakeford has announced he is stepping down as the Welsh first minister with immediate effect and a leadership contest will take place, Steven Morris reports.

A reader asks:

We have heard about the government having a working majority of 56, but what is their effective majority, given that there are several complicating factors? There are a number of Conservative members who have had the whip withdrawn, but might be expected to support the government on this issue; there is one Conservative MP who has been told not to attend; and Sinn Fein are included in the totals but never attend. It seems that these factors mean that there would need to be more than 29 rebels to defeat the government.

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