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Illegal Migration Act 2023

The bill’s formal description, sponsors and the full list of documents Parliament has published for it, bill text at each stage, Explanatory Notes, Impact Assessments, amendment papers, written evidence and committee reports.

Long title · Parliament’s official description

A Bill to Make provision for and in connection with the removal from the United Kingdom of persons who have entered or arrived in breach of immigration control; to make provision about detention for immigration purposes; to make provision about unaccompanied children; to make provision about victims of slavery or human trafficking; to make provision about leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; to make provision about citizenship; to make provision about the inadmissibility of certain protection and certain human rights claims relating to immigration; to make provision about the maximum number of persons entering the United Kingdom annually using safe and legal routes; and for connected purposes.

Sponsors · 2

  • Suella BravermanConservativeFareham
  • Lord Murray of BlidworthConservativeLife peer

Bill · 12

  • HL Bill 161 Commons Insistence and ReasonsLords
    17 Jul 2023· 344 KB
  • Bill 353 2022-23 (Lords Non-Insistence, Amendments in Lieu, Disagreement and Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill)Commons
    14 Jul 2023
  • Bill 353 2022-23 (Lords Non-Insistence, Amendments in Lieu, Disagreement and Amendments to the words so restored to the Bill) - xml downloadCommons
    14 Jul 2023
  • HL Bill 159 Commons Reasons, Amendments in lieu and Amendments to the Words So Restored to the BillLords
    11 Jul 2023· 462 KB
  • Bill 347 2022-23 (Lords Amendments)Commons
    11 Jul 2023
  • HL Bill 157 (as amended on Report)Lords
    5 Jul 2023· 3.7 MB
  • HL Bill 148 (as amended in Committee)Lords
    14 Jun 2023· 3.9 MB
  • HL Bill 133 (as brought from the Commons)Lords
    27 Apr 2023· 3.8 MB
  • Bill 284 2022-23 (as amended in Committee)Commons
    28 Mar 2023
  • Bill 284 2022-23 (as amended in Committee) - large printCommons
    28 Mar 2023
  • Bill 262 2022-23 (as introduced)Commons
    7 Mar 2023
  • Bill 262 2022-23 (as introduced) - large printCommons
    7 Mar 2023

Explanatory Notes · 4

  • Bill 347 EN 2022-23Commons
    11 Jul 2023
  • HL Bill 133 Explanatory NotesLords
    27 Apr 2023· 681 KB
  • Bill 262 EN 2022-23Commons
    7 Mar 2023
  • Bill 262 EN 2022-23 - large printCommons
    7 Mar 2023

Impact Assessments · 3

  • Child's Rights Impact Assessment from the Home Office - 5 July 2023Unassigned
    5 Jul 2023· 262 KB
  • Illegal Migration Bill: Impact AssessmentLords
    26 Jun 2023· 1019 KB
  • Equality Impact AssessmentUnassigned
    11 May 2023· 258 KB

Delegated Powers Memorandum · 3

  • Illegal Migration Bill: Supplementary Delegated Powers MemorandumLords
    30 May 2023· 135 KB
  • Illegal Migration Bill: Delegated Powers MemorandumLords
    28 Apr 2023· 346 KB
  • Memorandum from the Home Office - 7 March 2023Commons
    7 Mar 2023

Human rights memorandum · 2

  • Supplementary Memorandum from the Home Office - 25 April 2023Commons
    26 Apr 2023
  • Memorandum from the Home Office - 7 March 2023Commons
    7 Mar 2023

Briefing papers · 4

  • Research Briefing on Lords stages and amendmentsCommons
    7 Jul 2023
  • Illegal Migration BillLords
    4 May 2023
  • Briefing Paper on the Progress of the BillCommons
    24 Apr 2023
  • Briefing Paper on the BillCommons
    10 Mar 2023

Amendment Paper · 55

  • Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 17 July 2023Commons
    17 Jul 2023
  • HL Bill 161-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons ReasonsLords
    17 Jul 2023· 451 KB
  • HL Bill 159-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Amendments and ReasonsLords
    12 Jul 2023· 719 KB
  • Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 11 July 2023Commons
    11 Jul 2023
  • HL Bill 148-III Third marshalled list for ReportLords
    3 Jul 2023· 328 KB
  • HL Bill 148-II(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List)Lords
    30 Jun 2023· 110 KB
  • HL Bill 148-II Second marshalled list for ReportLords
    29 Jun 2023· 957 KB
  • HL Bill 148-I(b) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)Lords
    28 Jun 2023· 67 KB
  • HL Bill 148-I(a) Amendments for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)Lords
    27 Jun 2023· 180 KB
  • HL Bill 148-I Marshalled list for ReportLords
    26 Jun 2023· 1.0 MB
  • HL Bill 148(g) Amendments for ReportLords
    23 Jun 2023· 372 KB
  • HL Bill 148(f) Amendments for ReportLords
    22 Jun 2023· 128 KB
  • HL Bill 148(e) Amendments for ReportLords
    21 Jun 2023· 306 KB
  • HL Bill 148(d) Amendment for ReportLords
    20 Jun 2023· 113 KB
  • HL Bill 148(c) Amendment for ReportLords
    19 Jun 2023· 66 KB
  • HL Bill 148(b) Amendments for ReportLords
    16 Jun 2023· 211 KB
  • HL Bill 148(a) Amendments for ReportLords
    15 Jun 2023· 139 KB
  • HL Bill 133-V Fifth marshalled list for CommitteeLords
    12 Jun 2023· 537 KB
  • HL Bill 133-IV(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List)Lords
    9 Jun 2023· 112 KB
  • HL Bill 133-IV Fourth marshalled list for CommitteeLords
    8 Jun 2023· 1.0 MB
  • HL Bill 133-III(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)Lords
    6 Jun 2023· 112 KB
  • HL Bill 133-III Third marshalled list for CommitteeLords
    5 Jun 2023· 1.6 MB
  • HL Bill 133-II(Rev) Revised second marshalled list for CommitteeLords
    2 Jun 2023· 1.7 MB
  • HL Bill 133-II Second marshalled list for CommitteeLords
    1 Jun 2023· 1.7 MB
  • HL Bill 133-I(e) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)Lords
    31 May 2023· 157 KB
  • HL Bill 133-I(d) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)Lords
    30 May 2023· 223 KB
  • HL Bill 133-I(c) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)Lords
    25 May 2023· 130 KB
  • HL Bill 133-I(b) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)Lords
    24 May 2023· 140 KB
  • HL Bill 133-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)Lords
    23 May 2023· 191 KB
  • HL Bill 133-I Marshalled list for CommitteeLords
    22 May 2023· 1.1 MB
  • HL Bill 133(g) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    19 May 2023· 344 KB
  • HL Bill 133(f) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    18 May 2023· 201 KB
  • HL Bill 133(e) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    17 May 2023· 176 KB
  • HL Bill 133(d) Amendment for CommitteeLords
    16 May 2023· 73 KB
  • HL Bill 133(c) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    15 May 2023· 109 KB
  • HL Bill 133(b) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    12 May 2023· 200 KB
  • HL Bill 133(a) Amendments for CommitteeLords
    11 May 2023· 393 KB
  • Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 26 April 2023Commons
    26 Apr 2023
  • Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 26 April 2023 - large printCommons
    26 Apr 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 25 April 2023Commons
    25 Apr 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 24 April 2023Commons
    24 Apr 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 2.00 pm on 21 April 2023 (revised)Commons
    21 Apr 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 20 April 2023Commons
    20 Apr 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 31 March 2023Commons
    31 Mar 2023
  • Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 28 March 2023Commons
    28 Mar 2023
  • Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 27 March 2023Commons
    27 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2023Commons
    24 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 23 March 2023Commons
    23 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 22 March 2023Commons
    22 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2023Commons
    21 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 20 March 2023Commons
    20 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 17 March 2023Commons
    17 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 16 March 2023Commons
    16 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 15 March 2023Commons
    15 Mar 2023
  • Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2023Commons
    14 Mar 2023

Bill proceedings: Commons · 4

  • Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Message as at 17 July 2023Commons
    17 Jul 2023
  • Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 11 July 2023Commons
    11 Jul 2023
  • Report Stage Proceedings as at 26 April 2023Commons
    26 Apr 2023
  • Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 28 March 2023Commons
    28 Mar 2023

Selection of amendments: Commons · 5

  • Grouping by Secretary Suella Braverman and selection of motions and amendments by Mr Speaker - 17 July 2023Commons
    17 Jul 2023
  • Grouping by Secretary Suella Braverman and selection of motions and amendments by Mr Speaker - 11 July 2023Commons
    11 Jul 2023
  • Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of amendments - 26 April 2023Commons
    26 Apr 2023
  • Chairman of Ways and Means’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 28 March 2023 (day 2) (revised version)Commons
    28 Mar 2023
  • Chairman of Ways and Means’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 27 March 2023 (day 1)Commons
    27 Mar 2023

Select Committee report · 2

  • 37th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords
    26 Jun 2023
  • 34th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords
    18 May 2023

Will write letters · 20

  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Purvis and others regardng facilities for children in Kigali.Unassigned
    6 Jul 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Purvis and others regarding the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s rapid review on UK aid for refugees and whether the UK had asked UNHCR to prioritise Afghan cases.Unassigned
    5 Jul 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Baroness Brinton and others regarding the legal position whilst unaccompanied migrant children are accommodated by the Home Office, as discussed during the Committe stage.Unassigned
    3 Jul 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Anderson and others regarding amendments 71 and 72 and clause 11.Unassigned
    3 Jul 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Etherton and others regarding the operation of the Bill and whether it would derogate from the Supreme Court in HJ (Iran).Unassigned
    3 Jul 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Coaker and others regarding further technical Government amendments tabled for the final day of Lords Report: Safe and legal routes: consultation in Northern Ireland.Unassigned
    30 Jun 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Ponsonby and others regarding a Government amendment on Legal Aid: Northern Ireland.Unassigned
    26 Jun 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Baroness Butler-Sloss regarding a scenario raised in the committee stage debate (first day): the status of a child born in the UK to a woman who meets the conditions of clause 2 of the Bill.Unassigned
    26 Jun 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Alton regarding a point raised in the committee stage debate: standards of accommodation for unaccompanied children.Unassigned
    26 Jun 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord German and others regarding the hypothetical scenario of a female from South Sudan travelling via Kenya to the UK, as discussed during the Committee stage.Unassigned
    26 Jun 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Cormack and others regarding asylum backlog figures, as discussed during the Committee stage.Unassigned
    26 Jun 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Coaker and others regarding the second and final tranche of Government amendments tabled for Lords Committee stage of the Bill: Tribunal Procedure Rules, interim remedies, legal aid, age assessment legal challenges, transitional regulations.Unassigned
    26 May 2023
  • Letter from Lord Murray to Lord Coaker and others regarding technical Government amendments tabled for the first day of Lords Committee: references to a person’s home country, removal of persons to home country.Unassigned
    18 May 2023
  • Letter Robert Jenrick MP to Chris Bryant MP regarding figures quoted by the Prime Minister and Robert Jenrick relating to the asylum cases backlog and discussed during the Committee Stage (first day) of the Bill.Unassigned
    25 Apr 2023
  • Letter from Robert Jenrick MP to Stephen Kinnock MP and others regarding the Government amendments tabled for Report stage of the Bill on 26 April, including unaccompanied children, modern slavery, and identity documents.Unassigned
    24 Apr 2023
  • Letter from Lord McFall to the Deposited Papers Clerk attaching a letter from Dunja Mikatovic, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to MPs and Peers regarding the Bill.Unassigned
    17 Apr 2023
  • Letter from Robert Jenrick MP to Chris Bryant MP concerning statistics used by the Prime Minister relating to the asylum backlog and later clarified in the committee stage debate (first day).Unassigned
    17 Apr 2023
  • Letter from Robert Jenrick MP to Alistair Carmichael MP and Alison Thewliss MP regarding clarification to a comment made about unaccompanied minors during the Committee stage.Unassigned
    4 Apr 2023
  • Letter from Robert Jenrick MP to Stephen Kinnock MP regarding technical Government amendments table for the Committee stage (second day): Provision about removal, powers of detention, period for which a person may be detained, powers to grant immigration Bail.Unassigned
    22 Mar 2023
  • Letter from Robert Jenrick MP to Stephen Kinnock MP attaching Government amendments tabled for committee stage (first day).Unassigned
    20 Mar 2023

Act of Parliament · 1

  • Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37)Unassigned
    20 Jul 2023

Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures · 1

  • Legislative Consent Motion not approved by Senedd on 20 JuneUnassigned
    21 Jun 2023· 198 KB

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