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Lords division · 16 Apr 2024 · No. 2

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Lord Hope of Craighead moved Motion B1, as an amendment to Motion B, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 3E as an amendment in lieu of Amendment 3C—3E Clause 1, page 2, line 31, at end insert—“(7) The Republic of Rwanda cannot be treated as a safe country for the purposes of this Act until the Secretary of State has obtained and laid before Parliament a statement from the independent Monitoring Committee formed under Article 15 that the Objectives referred to in Article 2 of the Rwanda Treaty have been secured by the creation of the mechanisms listed in that Article (8) The Republic of Rwanda will cease to be a safe country for the purposes of this Act if a statement is made to Parliament by the Secretary of State, on the advice of the Monitoring Committee, that the provisions of the Rwanda Treaty are no longer being adhered to in practice.””(8) The Republic of Rwanda will cease to be a safe country for the purposes of this Act if a statement is made to Parliament by the Secretary of State, on the advice of the Monitoring Committee, that the provisions of the Rwanda Treaty are no longer being adhered to in practice.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 39

Contents: 266 Not Contents: 227

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 39 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 122
Liberal Democrat 68
Crossbench 60
Non-affiliated 6
Bishops 5
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 2
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 195
Non-affiliated 13
Crossbench 10
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Ulster 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 Hope of Craighead (Content), Lord Laming (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (264)

Not Contents (225)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.