Immigration Bill: Commons remaining stages
1 December 2015 (updated on 1 December 2015)
MPs debated the remaining stages of the Immigration Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday 1 December 2015.
The Immigration Bill was amended in the report stage and passed the third reading and will now be considered by the House of Lords.(Division No. 137: Ayes 307 votes, Noes 245 votes).
- Watch Parliament TV: Remaining stages of the Immigration Bill
- Read Commons Hansard: Remaining stages of the Immigration Bill
- Catch up on Commons news: Immigration Bill: Commons second reading
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Immigration
Related information
Summary of the Immigration Bill
A Bill to make provision about the law on immigration and asylum; to make provision about access to services, facilities, licences and work by reference to immigration status; to make provision about the Director of Labour Market Enforcement; to make provision about language requirements for public sector workers; to make provision about fees for passports and civil registration; and for connected purposes.
Progress of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 17 September 2015. It had its second reading on 13 October 2015.
The Public Bill Committee on the Immigration Bill concluded on 17 November 2015.
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 of key issues. The papers contain factual information and a range of opinions on each subject, and aim to be politically impartial.
What happens next?
If the Bill passes all of its stages in the House of Commons it will pass to the House of Lords for consideration.
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 (votes on) 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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