11 February 2025: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: call for evidence
Call for evidence, and how to follow the progress of this Bill can be found here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2025/february/border-security-asylum-and-immigration-bill-call-for-evidence/
10 February: ILPA Briefing regarding the Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-5:
Published Friday, 31 January, 2025: Research Briefing: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-25
MPs will debate the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill at second reading on Monday 10 February 2025.
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill was introduced in the Commons on 30 January 2025 and is due to have its second reading on 10 February 2025. This page provides a short summary of the bill’s provisions; a full briefing will be published in advance of second reading.
The Labour government had proposed the bill in the King’s Speech of July 2024. It was to contain three elements: modernising the asylum and immigration system, establishing a new Border Security Command within the Home Office, and applying powers usually reserved for terrorism to organised immigration crime (see the King’s Speech 2024:background briefing notes, PDF).
As introduced, the bill is largely focused on law enforcement powers and the Border Security Command. It does not make major changes to the asylum and immigration system, other than to repeal most provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (passed under the Conservative government).
The long title of the bill is:
A Bill to Make provision about border security; to make provision about immigration and asylum; to make provision about sharing customs data and trailer registration data; to make provision about articles for use in serious crime; to make provision about serious crime prevention orders; to make provision about fees paid in connection with the recognition, comparability or assessment of qualifications; and for connected purposes.
The Home Office has published explanatory notes, a delegated powers memorandum, a human rights memorandum and an impact assessment alongside the text of the bill itself.
A press release of 30 January 2025 gives an additional overview of the bill from the government’s point of view.
Summary of the clauses
Read more: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10185/