Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers should have early access to full legal advice and representation — rejected — 17 Jul 2002 at 18:49
The majority Not-Contents rejected an amendment[1] to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill. The intention of the amendment was to give early access to legal advice and representation for asylum seekers. However, the amendment was defeated.
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill became law in 2002. Its main aims were to:[2]
- 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 Kingsland, House of Lords, 17 July 2002
- [2] 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 |
| Con | 0 | 51 (+2 tell) | 23.7% |
| Crossbench | 8 | 5 | 7.4% |
| Lab | 97 (+2 tell) | 0 | 50.5% |
| LDem | 0 | 24 | 36.4% |
| Total: | 105 | 80 | 28.6% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Chalfont | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Joffe | Crossbench | aye |
| Lady Saltoun of Abernethy | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| The Earl of Sandwich | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |