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Lords division · 12 Jul 2023 · No. 10

Illegal Migration Bill

The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury moved Motion Y1, as an amendment to Motion Y, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendments 107B and 107C in lieu—107B After Clause 60, insert the following new Clause—“Ten-year strategy on refugees and human trafficking(1) The Secretary of State must prepare a ten-year strategy for tackling refugee crises affecting migration by irregular routes, or the movement of refugees, to the United Kingdom through collaboration with signatories to the Refugee Convention or any other international agreement on the rights of refugees.(2) The strategy must include an evaluation of the factors driving migration by irregular routes and the movement of refugees to the United Kingdom.(3) The strategy must also include provisions for tackling human trafficking to the United Kingdom and an evaluation of the factors driving demand.(4) The Secretary of State must make and lay before Parliament a statement of policies for implementing the strategy.(5) The first statement must be made within twelve months of the passing of this Act; and a subsequent statement must be made within twelve months of the making of the previous statement.(6) A Minister of the Crown must, within three months of a statement under this section being laid before Parliament, move a motion in each House for the statement to be debated.(7) “Ten-year strategy” means a strategy for the period of ten years beginning with the day on which preparation of the strategy is completed.(8) “The Refugee Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and its Protocol.”107C Clause 66, page 65, line 36, at end insert—“(ba) section (Ten-year strategy on refugees and human trafficking);””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 47

Contents: 154 Not Contents: 107

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 47 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 76
Liberal Democrat 45
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 9
Bishops 4
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 97
Non-affiliated 6
Crossbench 3
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.

Tellers: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (152)

Not Contents (105)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.