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Lords division · 4 Apr 2022 · No. 3

Nationality and Borders Bill

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard moved amendment D1, as an amendment to Motion D, at end to insert“and do propose Amendment 6B to the words so restored to the Bill—6B Page 14, line 7, leave out subsections (5) to (8) and insert—“(5) The Secretary of State must make provision within the Immigration Rules to—(a) guarantee Group 1 and Group 2 refugees all of their rights under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and international law, without distinction;(b) ensure that the classification of a refugee as a Group 1 or a Group 2 refugee does not affect the ability to maintain the unity of that person’s family.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 43

Contents: 191 Not Contents: 148

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 43 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 87
Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 36
Non-affiliated 8
Green Party 2
Bishops 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 130
Non-affiliated 9
Crossbench 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Reform UK 1

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.

Every vote

Contents (191)

Not Contents (148)

Source: the official Lords division record.