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Lords division · 20 Mar 2024 · No. 4

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Baroness Chakrabarti moved Motion D1, as an amendment to Motion D, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 6B in lieu—6B Leave out Clause 4 and insert the following new Clause—“Decisions in individual claims(1) Section 2 does not prevent—(a) the Secretary of State or an immigration officer from deciding (under any applicable provision of, or made under, the Immigration Acts) whether the Republic of Rwanda is a safe country for the person in question or for a group of persons to which the person belongs,(b) a court or tribunal considering a review of, or an appeal against, a relevant decision to the extent that the review or appeal is brought on the grounds that the Republic of Rwanda is not a safe country for the person in question or for a group of persons to which that person belongs, or(c) a decision-maker considering whether there is a real risk that the Republic of Rwanda will remove or send the person in question to another State in contravention of any of its international obligations.(2) The court or tribunal may grant an interim remedy that prevents or delays, or that has the effect of preventing or delaying, the removal of the person to the Republic of Rwanda, providing such prevention or delay is for no longer than strictly necessary for the fair and expeditious determination of the case.(3) Section 54 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 is disapplied for the purposes of this Act.(4) In this section—“interim remedy” means any interim remedy or relief however described (including, in particular, an interim injunction or interdict);“relevant decision” means a decision taking by the Secretary of State or an Immigration officer (under any applicable provision of, or made under, The Immigration Acts) that the Republic of Rwanda is a safe country for the person in question.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 30

Contents: 263 Not Contents: 233

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 30 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 128
Liberal Democrat 68
Crossbench 51
Non-affiliated 9
Bishops 4
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 196
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 14
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Reform UK 1
Lord Speaker 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: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Content), Baroness Wheeler (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (261)

Not Contents (231)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.