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  Nationality and Borders Bill - After Clause 12 - Changes to the Immigration Act 1971 - Asylum Applicants - Right to Work
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to allow those seeking asylum, and their adult dependents, to work if a decision on their application has not been made within six months. 
  
  
  @ MP voted no to allow those seeking asylum, and their adult dependents, to work if a decision on their application has not been made within six months. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to allow those seeking asylum, and their adult dependents, to work if a decision on their application has not been made 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 amendment 7B.
  
  Lords amendment 7B[4] provided that those seeking asylum, and their adult dependents, would be permitted to work if a decision on their application has not been made within six months. 
  
  The previous position was that permission to work was required, and it was only granted[5]:
  
  * * to individuals who had waited over 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claim or for a response to a further submission for asylum
  * * where individuals were not considered responsible for the delay in consideration of their application
  * * to permit work at "graduate level" in jobs on the UKâs shortage  occupation list.
  
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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/58-02/0300/220300.pdf Lords Message in connection with the Nationality and Borders Bill on 5 April 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01908/ Asylum seekers: the permission to work policy, House of Commons Research Briefing, 21 January, 2021], Parliament.uk
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