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Lords division · 4 Apr 2022 · No. 5

Nationality and Borders Bill

Lord Rosser moved amendment F1, as an amendment to Motion F, at end to insert “and do propose Amendments 8B and 8C in lieu—8B After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—“Safe third State: commencement(1) The Secretary of State may exercise the power in section 83(1) so as to bringsection 15 into force only if the condition in subsection (2) has been met.(2) The condition in this subsection is that the United Kingdom has agreedformal returns agreements with one or more third States.(3) A “formal returns agreement” means an agreement which provides for thesafe return of a person making an asylum claim (a “claimant”) to a Statewhich is party to the agreement, where the claimant has a connection tothat State.(4) This section, and the condition it imposes, cease to have effect at the end ofthe period of five years beginning with the day on which this section comesinto force.”8C Clause 83, page 84, line 27, at end insert—“(aa) section (Safe third State: commencement);””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 27

Contents: 179 Not Contents: 152

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 27 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 87
Liberal Democrat 52
Crossbench 27
Non-affiliated 8
Green Party 2
Bishops 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 126
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 10
Reform UK 1
Lord Speaker 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Ulster Unionist Party 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 (179)

Not Contents (152)

Source: the official Lords division record.