Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 28 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country — 22 Mar 2022 at 16:18
The majority of MPs voted to permit removing someone to a safe third country whilst their asylum claim is pending.
MPs were considering the Nationality and Borders Bill.[1][2][3]
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 9.
Lords amendment 9[4][5] stated:
- Page 33, line 20, leave out paragraph (a)
Had it not been rejected the amendment would have impacted Clause 28 of the Bill which was titled: Removal of asylum seeker to safe country and stated:
- Schedule 3 makes amendments to—
- (a) section 77 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (no removal while claim for asylum pending), and
- (b) Schedule 3 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (removal of asylum seeker to safe country).
Schedules are generally activated by clauses within acts. The intent of the amendment rejected in this vote was to deactivate elements of Schedule 3 of the Bill which amend the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. Subclause (a) relates to making it possible to remove someone to a safe third country whilst their asylum claim is pending, subclause (b) relates to how the list of safe countries is determined.[2][3]
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Nationality and Borders Bill, Parliament.uk
- [2] Nationality and Borders Bill, as brought to the House of Lords, from the Commons, on 9 December 2021, Parliament.uk
- [3] Explanatory notes to the Nationality and Borders Bill, as brought to the House of Lords, from the Commons, on 9 December 2021, Parliament.uk
- [4] Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill 15 March 2022, Parliament.uk
- [5] Explanatory notes on Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill 21 March 2022, Parliament.uk
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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Alba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 297 (+2 tell) | 3 | 0 | 83.4% |
| DUP | 0 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 1 | 3 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 161 (+2 tell) | 0 | 81.5% |
| LDem | 0 | 13 | 0 | 100.0% |
| PC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 36 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Total: | 298 | 231 | 0 | 83.0% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | no |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | no |