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Lords division · 26 Apr 2022 · No. 2

Nationality and Borders Bill

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard moved Motion C1, as an amendment to Motion C, at end to insert “and do propose Amendments 6D, 6E and 6F in lieu—6D Page 13, line 44, at end insert—“(2A) A refugee is not to be regarded as failing to comply with the requirement in subsection (2)(a) if, in coming to the United Kingdom, they have stopped in another country outside the United Kingdom with the intention that the stopover in the intermediate country was to be a brief transit on the way to the United Kingdom.(2B) A refugee is not to be regarded as failing to comply with the requirement in subsection (2)(b) if they had good cause to delay the point at which they presented themselves to the authorities.”6E Page 14, line 6, at end insert—“(4A) It shall be for the Secretary of State to prove a failure to comply with the requirement in subsection (2)(a), (2)(b) or (3), as the case may be.”6F Page 14, line 32, at end insert—“(8A) In accordance with section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993, no such immigration rules shall lay down any practice or differentiate in any way which would be contrary to the Refugee Convention.(8B) Immigration rules implementing this provision must take due account of the best interests of children and the fundamental right to family unity in all cases.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 8

Contents: 227 Not Contents: 219

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 8 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 101
Liberal Democrat 70
Crossbench 43
Non-affiliated 8
Bishops 2
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 192
Non-affiliated 11
Crossbench 9
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Reform UK 1
Lord Speaker 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 (227)

Not Contents (219)

Source: the official Lords division record.