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Lords division · 4 Apr 2022 · No. 6

Nationality and Borders Bill

The Lord Bishop of Durham moved amendment G1, as an amendment to Motion G, at end to insert “and do propose Amendments 53B, 53C and 53D in lieu—53B Page 88, line 14, leave out “falling within subsection (2B)” and insert “prescribed by an order under subsection (2B)”53C Page 88, line 15, leave out “A State falls within this subsection if” and insert “The Secretary of State may by order prescribe a State for the purposes of subsection (2A) if”53D Page 88, line 31, at end insert—“(2BA) No order under subsection (2B) may be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.(2BB) The Secretary of State must not lay before Parliament a draft of an order prescribing a State under subsection (2B) unless the Secretary of State has first laid before each House of Parliament a proposal setting out—(a) the estimated costs, for at least the first two years after the order is to come into effect, of any arrangements made with that State in respect of the removal of asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to that State; and(b) the estimated costs, for at least the first two years after the order isto come into effect, of any additional aid provided to that State as aresult of any such arrangements.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 23

Contents: 176 Not Contents: 153

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 23 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 87
Liberal Democrat 51
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 9
Green Party 2
Bishops 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 128
Non-affiliated 11
Crossbench 10
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 (176)

Not Contents (153)

Source: the official Lords division record.