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  Nationality and Borders Bill - New Clause 50 - Advertising Assistance for Unlawful Immigration to the United Kingdom
  
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  @ MP voted aye to make it an offence to advertise services designed to facilitate illegal immigration.
  
  @ MP voted no not to make it an offence to advertise services designed to facilitate illegal immigration.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to make it an offence to advertise services designed to facilitate illegal immigration. 
  
  
  MPs were considering the Nationality and Borders Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Advertising assistance for unlawful immigration to the United Kingdom'' and stated:
  
  :(1) It is an offence to advertise by any means, including using social media, services designed to facilitate the commission of an offence under [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/25 section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971].
  
  :(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liableâ
  
  :(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, to a fine or to both, or
  
  :(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
  
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That the clause be read a Second time.
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3023 Parliament's webpage on the  Nationality and Borders Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0141/210141.pdf Nationality and Borders Bill, as introduced 6 July 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0141/en/210141en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Nationality and Borders Bill, as introduced 6 July 2021], Parliament.uk
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