Part of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 11:00 pm on 3 September 2025.
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Department
11:00,
3 September 2025
I will give a one-word answer, which I hope will be helpful. Yes.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
