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Andrew Giles was asked why he wasn't told about what was happening with his directive in the tribunals - why there weren't meetings to receive updates.

He said there were meetings with his department which were taking place pretty regularly".

What has been unacceptable is the fact that these AAT decisions to set aside cancellations that were made under section 99 that were made by this government by my department - we were not advised, I was not told that these cancellations had been overturned by the tribunal.

That's the issue that I'm deeply concerned about. And that's what I'm focusing on fixing now.

There are around 30 that I've called up as a matter of absolute urgency and they are dealt with through the day and night.

I'm gonna get to the bottom of this - a protocol that I put in place was not adhered to, that is entirely unsatisfactory. As I said, I'm now focused on dealing with the urgent issue which is the cancellation consideration, I put in place a new protocol and I want to get to the bottom of what happened and why.