Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Burden of proof should be on the government not the asylum seeker when the issue of a late claim arises — rejected — 24 Oct 2002 at 17:59
The majority Not-Contents rejected an amendment[1] to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill.
The Bill allows the government to refuse support to asylum seekers who make a late claim[2]. It is also the asylum seekers responsibility to prove that they did not make a late claim. The amendment in this vote aimed to reverse this so that it would be the government's responsibility to prove the asylum seeker made a late claim. However, it was defeated.
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill became law in 2002. Its main aims were to:[3]
- Allow asylum seekers to be detained at any time
- Disallow appeals from within the UK from failed asylum seekers who are citizens of a specific country
- Deny asylum seekers support unless they make their claim "as soon as reasonably practicable" after arrival into the UK
- Create accommodation centres to house destitute asylum seekers
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- [1] Lord Goodhart, House of Lords, 24 October 2002
- [2] Section 55 in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act
- [3] Based on The Guardian's A-Z of legislation
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.2% |
Con | 2 | 1 | 1.4% |
Crossbench | 0 | 8 | 4.7% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 106 (+2 tell) | 1 | 55.9% |
LDem | 0 | 42 (+2 tell) | 66.7% |
Total: | 108 | 54 | 24.4% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.