SAJID Javid was urged to "scrap the caps" and compensate the Windrush generation properly after being accused of "misleading" victims over the terms of a payment scheme.
Labour MP David Lammy Tottenham, who was granted an Urgent Question on the subject, told the Commons the Home Secretary's claims last week there would be no limits to the amounts handed out to those who suffered as a result of the scandal "provided false reassurance".
He said a document "slipped out" by the Home Office later "set out incredibly strict caps to be awarded for different losses".
READ MORE: Compensation cash is announced for Windrush victims
Lammy said: "Let this be the final betrayal of the Windrush generation; scrap the caps and compensate them properly for the wrongs that have been done to them."
He said the guidelines offer £500 for anybody who was denied the right to go to university, £1000 for someone wrongly obliged to go home and "a mere £10,000 for people who were wrongly deported".
The MP said victims have described these figures as "peanuts" and "insultingly low", comparing the deportation compensation as being less than a month's salary for Javid.
READ MORE: The brutal truth of why we are all Windrush citizens
He asked: "Is this the price that you put on my constituents being deported for no wrongdoing?
"Is this how the Government values the lives of black Britons?"
Appealing to immigration minister Caroline Nokes, Lammy added: "You promised to do right by the Windrush Generation but quite rightly many of think they have been misled."
In response, Nokes said the different payments can be cumulative and therefore add up to a higher payout, adding there is a "discretionary fund" which victims can also apply to for other losses they have incurred.
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here