After Clause 15 - Safe third State: commencement

Nationality and Borders Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:48 pm on 20 April 2022.

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  • Division number 250
    A majority of MPs voted not to require the United Kingdom to have at least one formal safe-return agreement with another state before empowering ministers to rule an asylum claim made by a person who has a connection to a safe third State inadmissible.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 8B.—(Tom Pursglove.)

Division number 250 Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 15 — Safe Third State: Commencement

A majority of MPs voted not to require the United Kingdom to have at least one formal safe-return agreement with another state before empowering ministers to rule an asylum claim made by a person who has a connection to a safe third State inadmissible.

Aye: 301 MPs

No: 236 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 109 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 303, Noes 236.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 8B disagreed to.