Removal of asylum seeker to safe country

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

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  • Division number 251
    A majority of MPs voted to enable someone to be removed from, or required to leave, the UK while their asylum application is pending.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 53B.—(Tom Pursglove.)

Division number 251 Nationality and Borders Bill — Schedule 3 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country

A majority of MPs voted to enable someone to be removed from, or required to leave, the UK while their asylum application is pending.

Aye: 303 MPs

No: 234 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 234.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 53B disagreed to.

Lords amendments 53C and 53D disagreed to.

Photo of Eleanor Laing Eleanor Laing Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means, Chair, Standing Orders Committee (Commons), Chair, Standing Orders Committee (Commons)

Order. Conversations should not be loud while we are having Divisions. You can whisper quietly and pretend to be polite, but speaking at the top of your voice so that nobody else can be heard is simply rude and impolite, and you should not do it in the Chamber.