Clause 39 - Illegal entry and similar offences

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

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  • Division number 254
    A majority of MPs voted in favour of creating an offence of entering the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance (if one is required), and against creating an alternative narrower offence of arriving in the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 13B, and insists on its disagreement with Lords amendment 15.—(Tom Pursglove.)

Division number 254 Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 39 — Illegal Entry and Similar Offences

A majority of MPs voted in favour of creating an offence of entering the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance (if one is required), and against creating an alternative narrower offence of arriving in the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order.

Aye: 309 MPs

No: 227 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 110 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 311, Noes 228.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 13B disagreed to, and Commons disagreement with Lords amendment 15 insisted on.

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

Before we come to the next Division, I must inform Members that unfortunately the pass readers in the No Lobby are not working—it must be assumed that they are overstrained this evening—so the Clerks will shortly take their place at the Division desks in that Lobby. In the No Lobby only, the Clerks will be there to record Members’ names on paper. I am sorry about this and hope that Members remember how to vote by nodding to the Clerk. In the Aye Lobby, matters will continue as normal with the card readers.