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  Nationality and Borders Bill - Before Clause 11 - Asylum Seekers - Permission to Work
  
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  @ MP voted aye against allowing those seeking asylum and their adult dependents to work if a decision has not been made on their application within six months. 
  
  
  @ MP voted no to allow those seeking asylum and their adult dependents to work if a decision has not been made on their application within six months. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing those seeking asylum and their adult dependents to work if a decision has not been made on their application within six months. 
  
  
  
  MPs were considering the Nationality and Borders Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendments 7F and 7G.
  
  The rejected amendments in question began:[4] 
  
  :7F
  :After Clause 12, insert the following new Clauseâ
  :â''Changes to the Immigration Act 1971''
  :(1) The Immigration Act 1971 is amended as follows.
  :(2) After section 3(2) (general provisions for regulation and control) insertâ
  :â(2A) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that persons, and adult dependants of persons, who are applying for asylum in the United Kingdom are granted permission by the Secretary of State to take up employment ifâ
  :(a) a decision at first instance has not been taken on the applicantâs asylum application within six months of the date on which the application was made, or Nationality and Borders Bill
  :(b) a person makes an application or a further application which raises asylum grounds, and a decision on that new application, or a decision on whether to treat such further asylum grounds as a new application, has not been taken within six months of the date on which the further application was made
  
  and
  
  :7G
  :Clause 83, page 84, line 27, at end insertâ
  :â(aa) section (Changes to the Immigration Act 1971);â
  
  
  This rejected amendment would have ensured commencement of the provision contained in the previous amendment on the day the Act was passed. 
  
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3023 Parliament's webpage on the  Nationality and Borders Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44307/documents/1132  Nationality and Borders Bill, as brought to the House of Lords, from the Commons, on 9 December 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44460/documents/1174 Explanatory notes to the Nationality and Borders Bill, as brought to the House of Lords, from the Commons, on 9 December 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0308/210308v2.pdf Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill on 26 April 2022], Parliament.uk
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