Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Refugee Resettlement Schemes — Targets — 20 Apr 2022 at 17:48
The majority of MPs voted not to require an annual numerical target for number of refugees to be resettled in the United Kingdom.
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 11B.
Lords amendment 11B stated:[4]
- Insert the following new Clause—
- “Refugee resettlement schemes
- (1) The Secretary of State must publish a numerical target for the resettlement of refugees to the United Kingdom each year.
- (2) The target under this section must include the numbers of people resettled under—
- (a) dedicated schemes for the evacuation of people from a geographical locality, such as a specific third State,
- (b) a general UK resettlement scheme, and
- (c) other routes as appropriate.
- (3) The Secretary of State must put in place appropriate resourcing and infrastructure to support local authorities to deliver the target under subsection (1).”
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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 Message in connection with the Nationality and Borders Bill on 5 April 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 | 300 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 83.7% |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 161 (+2 tell) | 0 | 81.5% |
| LDem | 0 | 12 | 0 | 92.3% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 42 | 0 | 93.3% |
| Total: | 303 | 228 | 0 | 83.3% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
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 |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |