Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Refuse support to asylum seekers if they provide false or incomplete information — 17 Oct 2002 at 18:31

The majority Content voters passed an amendment[1] to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill. The amendment allows the government to refuse to support asylum seekers if they give false or inaccurate information.

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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Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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
Con1 00.5%
Crossbench7 67.6%
Green0 1100.0%
Lab91 (+2 tell) 047.4%
LDem0 25 (+2 tell)40.9%
Total:99 3220.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchno
Lord Elis-Thomas Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbenchno
Lord Hylton Crossbenchno
Lord Joffe Crossbenchno
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)no

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