After Clause 12 - Changes to the Immigration Act 1971

Nationality and Borders Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:18 pm on 22 March 2022.

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  • Division number 221
    A majority of MPs voted against "allowing asylum seekers and their adult dependents, including failed asylum seekers who have raised further submissions, to work on the same terms as a person with refugee status if a decision on their claim has not been determined within six months".

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 7.—(Tom Pursglove.)

Division number 221 Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 12 — Changes to the Immigration Act 1971 — Asylum Seekers' — Employment

A majority of MPs voted against "allowing asylum seekers and their adult dependents, including failed asylum seekers who have raised further submissions, to work on the same terms as a person with refugee status if a decision on their claim has not been determined within six months".

Aye: 287 MPs

No: 232 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 127 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 291, Noes 232.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 7 disagreed to.

Lords amendment 8 disagreed to.