Lords division · 1 Apr 2009 · No. 3

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]

Lord Lloyd of Berwick moved amendment 55D, in clause 52, page 44, line 19, at end to insert: “(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3), no transfer of a class of applications falling within subsection (5) may be made unless a draft of a statutory instrument specifying the class of applications to be transferred has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. (5) The applications are those which call into question any decision made under— (a) the Immigration Acts, (b) the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61), (c) any instrument having effect under an enactment within paragraph (a) or (b), or (d) any other provision of law for the time being in force which determines British citizenship, British overseas territories citizenship, the status of British National (Overseas) or British Overseas citizenship.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 65

Contents: 19 Not Contents: 84

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 65 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Crossbench	16
Non-affiliated	1
Bishops	1
Conservative	1

Not Contents

Labour	78
Non-affiliated	3
Crossbench	3

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Lord Lloyd of Berwick (Content), Lord Pannick (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Not Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content).