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  Nationality and Borders Bill - Clause 39 - Illegal Entry and Similar Offences
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of making it an offence to knowingly arrive in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, if such a clearance is required. 
  
  @ MP voted no not to make it an offence to knowingly arrive in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, if such a clearance is required. 
  
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of making it an offence to knowingly arrive in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, if such a clearance is required. 
  
  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 13.
  
  Lords amendment 13 stated[4]:
  
  :Page 40, leave out lines 5 to 9
  
  The lines in question were in Clause 39 of the Bill[2] which was titled: ''Illegal entry and similar offences'' and provided for amendments to the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/contents Immigration Act 1971]. The lines were to be added to [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/24 section 24 (illegal entry and similar offences) of the Immigration Act 1971] and stated:
  
  :(D1) A person whoâ
  :(a) requires entry clearance under the immigration rules, and
  :(b) knowingly arrives in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, commits an offence.
  
  Explanatory notes to the Lords Amendment rejected in this vote state[5]:
  
  :The Amendment removes the proposed new arrival offence [that was to be inserted at section 24(D1) of the Immigration Act 1971, namely knowingly arriving in the UK without a valid entry clearance where this is required under the Immigration Rules.
  
  
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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/58-02/0282/210282v2.pdf Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill 15 March 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0282/en/210282en.pdf Explanatory notes on Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill 21 March 2022], Parliament.uk
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