Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — 31 Oct 2002 at 19:56

Lord Mackay of Clashfern was absent

Clause 67 [Reporting restriction: travel expenses]:

moved Amendment No. 63:

Page 39, line 30, after "paragraph" insert "2 or"

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 68 [Induction]:

moved Amendment No. 64:

Page 40, line 3, leave out from ""dependant" to "and" in line 4 and insert "of an asylum-seeker" means a person who appears to the Secretary of State to be making a claim or application in respect of residence in the United Kingdom by virtue of being a dependant of an asylum-seeker,"

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 69 [Asylum-seeker: residence, &c. restriction]:

moved Amendment No. 65:

Page 41, line 6, leave out from ""dependant" to end of line 7 and insert "means a person who appears to the Secretary of State to be making a claim or application in respect of residence in the United Kingdom by virtue of being a dependant of another person"

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 70 [Serious criminal]:

moved Amendment No. 66:

Page 41, line 19, leave out from "is" to end of line 22 and insert "convicted in the United Kingdom of an offence and either-

(a) the offence is one for which the maximum period of imprisonment is ten years or more, or

(b) the offence has been specified for the purpose of this subsection under subsection (3A)."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 66) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 96; Not-Contents, 93.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop2 08.7%
Con44 (+2 tell) 021.0%
Lab0 88 (+2 tell)46.9%
LDem43 065.2%
Other0 16.7%
Crossbench5 24.2%
Total:94 9127.7%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

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