Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill — Commons Reasons — Motion H1 (as an amendment to Motion H) — 20 Mar 2024 at 19:23
Moved by Lord Browne of Ladyton
10B: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause-“Exemption for agents, allies and employees of the UK Overseas(1) Notwithstanding the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the Illegal Migration Act 2023, any earlier Immigration Acts and the other provisions of this Act, the following categories of person may not be removed to the Republic of Rwanda-(a) agents or allies who have supported His Majesty’s armed forces overseas in an exposed or meaningful manner that now affects their claim for protection;(b) persons who have been employed by or indirectly contracted to provide services to the UK Government in an exposed or meaningful manner that now affects their claim for protection;(c) the partners and dependent family members of persons referred to in (a) or (b) above;(d) persons who were the partners or family members of persons referred to in (a) or (b) above in a manner that now affects their claim for protection.(2) The exemption in (1) above includes but is not limited to persons eligible for entry to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (“ARAP”) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (“ACRS”).(3) A person seeking to rely upon the exemption in (1) above must give the Secretary of State notice as soon as reasonably practicable to allow prompt verification of available records as to allies, agents, employees, contractors and family members.””
Ayes 248, Noes 209.
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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 3 | 0 | 12.0% |
| Con | 1 | 195 (+2 tell) | 67.6% |
| Crossbench | 41 | 2 | 25.0% |
| DUP | 0 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 2 | 0 | 22.2% |
| Lab | 118 (+2 tell) | 1 | 69.5% |
| LDem | 67 | 0 | 82.7% |
| Non-affiliated | 11 | 7 | 32.1% |
| PC | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 246 | 207 | 55.5% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.