division_name: Points of Order &#8212; Common European Asylum System
motion: <p class="" pid="b.493.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b.493.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House takes note of European Union Document 10516/07, Commission Green Paper on the future Common European Asylum System; notes the continued importance of working collectively on asylum issues with other Member States; further notes the importance of the Dublin II Regulation, the current responsibility mechanism to deal with asylum seekers; and supports the Government's position that proper implementation and a full evaluation of first phase instruments should take place before embarking on a second phase of legislation.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.497.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, To leave out from "seekers" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b.497.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">'but recognises that asylum policy, as an essential component in the control of the UK's borders, should remain under the control of the British Government.'.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.516.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> Question put,</i> That the amendment be made:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.516.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 136, Noes 275.</p>