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Lords division · 4 Apr 2022 · No. 8

Nationality and Borders Bill

The Lord Bishop of Durham moved amendment J1, as an amendment to Motion J, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 11B in lieu—11B Insert the following new Clause—“Refugee resettlement schemes(1) The Secretary of State must publish a numerical target for the resettlement of refugees to the United Kingdom each year.(2) The target under this section must include the numbers of people resettled under—(a) dedicated schemes for the evacuation of people from a geographical locality, such as a specific third State,(b) a general UK resettlement scheme, and(c) other routes as appropriate.(3) The Secretary of State must put in place appropriate resourcing and infrastructure to support local authorities to deliver the target under subsection (1).””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 9

Contents: 159 Not Contents: 150

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 9 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 79
Liberal Democrat 52
Crossbench 13
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 2
Green Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 125
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 10
Lord Speaker 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Reform UK 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 (159)

Not Contents (150)

Source: the official Lords division record.