Motion B2 (as an amendment to Motion B)

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Commons Reasons – in the House of Lords at 5:43 pm on 20 March 2024.

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Lord Hope of Craighead:

Moved by Lord Hope of Craighead

At end insert “, and do propose Amendment 3C in lieu—

3C: Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert—“(7) The Rwanda Treaty will have been fully implemented for the purposes of this Act when the Secretary of State has obtained and laid before Parliament a statement from the independent Monitoring Committee formed under Article 15 that the Objectives referred to in Article 2 of the Treaty have been secured by the creation of the mechanisms listed in that Article.(8) The Rwanda Treaty will cease to be treated as fully implemented if Parliament decides, on the advice of the Monitoring Committee, that the provisions of the treaty are no longer being adhered to in practice.””

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My Lords, I wish to test the opinion of the House.

Ayes 276, Noes 226.

Division number 3 Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Commons Reasons — Motion B2 (as an amendment to Motion B)

Aye: 274 Members of the House of Lords

No: 224 Members of the House of Lords

Aye: A-Z by last name

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No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Motion B2 agreed.