MPs debate remaining stages of the Immigration Bill

MPs debated the remaining stages of the Immigration Bill in the House of Commons, with the report stage and third reading of the Bill both taking place on Thursday 30 January 2014. The Bill has now completed its passage through the Commons and will proceed to the House of Lords for consideration.

Report stage of the Immigration Bill

The Bill completed its report stage.

MPs voted 297 to 34 (Division 198) in favour of adding New Clauses 12 and 18 to the Bill.
MPs voted 241 to 97 (Division 199) against adding New Clause 15 to the Bill.
MPs voted 301 to 210 (Division 200) against adding Amendment 1 to the Bill.
Government amendments 6, 7, 77, 23-26, 45-53 and 27 were agreed without division.
It was agreed that Government new schedule 1 be added to the Bill without divison.
Government amendments 17-22, 28-44, 8-16 and 54 were agreed without division.

Third reading of the Immigration Bill

MPs voted 295 to 16 (Division 201) to approve the third reading of the Immigration Bill. The Bill will now go the House of Lords for consideration.

Further information

Summary of the Immigration Bill

To make provision about immigration law; to limit, or otherwise make provision about, access to services, facilities and employment by reference to immigration status; to make provision about marriage and civil partnership involving certain foreign nationals; and for connected purposes.

Progress of the Bill

The Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 10 October 2013 and had its second reading on 22 October 2013. The Bill completed its Committee stage on 19 November 2013.

Keep up to date with all the proceedings and documentation, including amendment papers, on the Immigration Bill and find out how a Bill becomes an Act of Parliament.

House of Commons Library analysis

The House of Commons Library produces briefing papers to inform MPs and their staff of key issues. The papers contain factual information and a range of opinions on each subject, and aim to be politically impartial. Research Papers and Library Notes on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

What is the report stage of a bill?

The report stage gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider any further amendments (proposals for change) to a bill which has been examined in a public bill committee or on the floor of the House. There is no set time period between the end of committee stage and the start of the report stage.

What happens at report stage?

All MPs may speak and vote. For lengthy or complex bills, the debates may be spread over several days. All MPs can suggest amendments to the bill or new clauses (parts) that they think should be added.

What happens after report stage?

Report stage is usually followed immediately by debate on the bill's third reading.

What happens at third reading?

Debate on the bill is usually short, and limited to what is actually in the bill, rather than, as at second reading, what might have been included.

Amendments (proposals for change) cannot be made to a bill at a third reading in the Commons. At the end of the debate, the House decides whether to approve the third reading of the bill.

What happens after third reading?

If the bill started in the Commons it goes to the House of Lords for its first reading.

If the bill started in the Lords it returns to the House of Lords for consideration of any amendments the Commons has made.

Watching proceedings from the public gallery

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