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Lords division · 16 Apr 2024 · No. 4

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Lord Browne of Ladyton moved Motion F1, as an amendment to Motion F, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 10D in lieu—10D After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause—“Exemption for agents, allies and employees of the UK Overseas(1) Notwithstanding the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the Illegal Migration Act 2023, any earlier Immigration Acts and the other provisions of this Act, the following categories of person may not be removed to the Republic of Rwanda—(a) agents or allies who have supported His Majesty’s armed forces overseas in an exposed or meaningful manner that now affects their claim for protection;(b) persons who have been employed by or indirectly contracted to provide services to the UK Government in an exposed or meaningful manner that now affects their claim for protection;(c) the partners and dependent family members of persons referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above;(d) persons who were the partners or family members of persons referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above in a manner that now affects their claim for protection.(2) The exemption in subsection (1) above includes but is not limited to persons eligible for entry to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (“ARAP”) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (“ACRS”).(3) A person seeking to rely upon the exemption in subsection (1) above shall give the Secretary of State notice as soon as reasonably practicable to allow prompt verification of available records as to allies, agents, employees, contractors and family members.(4) Failure to give reasonable notice as required under subsection (3) above, may in the absence of available records verifying the claimant’s qualification for exemption under this section, allow a court or tribunal to draw adverse inferences as to the credibility of the claimant’s case for exemption.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 57

Contents: 275 Not Contents: 218

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 57 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 121
Liberal Democrat 68
Crossbench 62
Non-affiliated 7
Bishops 7
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 2
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 195
Non-affiliated 13
Crossbench 6
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 Kennedy of Southwark (Content), Baroness Wheeler (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (273)

Not Contents (216)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.