A Bill to make provision to ensure that the United Kingdom has absolute control over the right to prevent non-UK citizens from entering the United Kingdom; to determine the circumstances in which non-UK citizens may be required to leave the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
This bill would give the UK government exclusive authority over deciding who may enter the country by non-UK citizens and set out when those people may be required to leave. It also covers related immigration powers and provisions to support these aims.
The bill is at the second reading in the House of Commons, introduced by Sir Christopher Chope.
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This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage. The second reading was on 9 January 2015 but was withdrawn at the end of the debate.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
