Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025: stages, votes and documents
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 2 December 2025, 306 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 30 January 2025. MPs divided on it 8 times between 10 February 2025 and 19 November 2025; the narrowest margin was 221 (New Clause 18).
Stages taken place
17
Commons divisions
8
Documents listed
21
Royal Assent
2 December 2025
What the bill is for
The long title reads:
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.
Sponsors
- Yvette Cooper (Labour, Commons), Home Office
- Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour, Lords), Home Office
Stages
| Stage | House | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st reading | Commons | 30 January 2025 |
| 2nd reading | Commons | 10 February 2025 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 10 February 2025 |
| Money resolution | Commons | 10 February 2025 |
| Committee stage | Commons | 27 February 2025, 4 March 2025, 6 March 2025, 11 March 2025, 13 March 2025, 18 March 2025 |
| Ways and Means resolution | Commons | 12 May 2025 |
| Report stage | Commons | 12 May 2025 |
| 3rd reading | Commons | 12 May 2025 |
| 1st reading | Lords | 13 May 2025 |
| 2nd reading | Lords | 2 June 2025 |
| Committee stage | Lords | 26 June 2025, 8 July 2025, 10 July 2025, 3 September 2025, 8 September 2025, 13 October 2025 |
| Report stage | Lords | 28 October 2025, 3 November 2025, 5 November 2025, 11 November 2025 |
| 3rd reading | Lords | 17 November 2025 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 19 November 2025 |
| Consideration of Lords amendments | Commons | 19 November 2025 |
| Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons | Lords | 24 November 2025 |
| Royal Assent | Unassigned | 2 December 2025 |
Commons divisions on this bill
| Date | Division | Ayes | Noes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 February 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading | 115 | 354 |
| 10 February 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Second Reading | 333 | 109 |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 | 90 | 318 |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 | 98 | 402 |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 | 94 | 315 |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 | 87 | 404 |
| 12 May 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading | 316 | 95 |
| 19 November 2025 | Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 | 326 | 92 |
Documents
Act of Parliament
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31) 2 December 2025
Bill
- Bill 173 2024-25 (as introduced) 30 January 2025
- Bill 205 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) 19 March 2025
- 5901101.pdf · 5901101.xml · 5901101.html 13 May 2025
- 5901136.pdf · 5901136.xml · 5901136.html 13 October 2025
- 5901146.pdf · 5901146.xml · 5901146.html 11 November 2025
- Bill 332 2024-26 (Lords Amendments to the BIll) 17 November 2025
- 5901149.pdf 19 November 2025
Explanatory Notes
- Bill 173 EN 2024-25 30 January 2025
- HL Bill 101 Explanatory Notes · 5901101EN.pdf 13 May 2025
- Bill 332 EN 2024-26 17 November 2025
Impact Assessments
- Impact Assessment from the Home Office 30 January 2025
- Illegal Working - Regulatory Impact Assessment 07052025.pdf 15 May 2025
- IA- ISC Measures Report Stage- signed.pdf 15 May 2025
- Online Advertising of Unlawful Immigration Services Offence - Final Economic Note.pdf 22 October 2025
Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Memorandum from the Home Office to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee 30 January 2025
- Supplementary Memorandum from the Home Office to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee 7 May 2025
- BorderBillDPM.pdf 14 May 2025
Briefing papers
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-25 31 January 2025
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Progress of the bill 2 May 2025
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: HL Bill 101 22 May 2025
Official record
Sources
| Record | Read | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| Bills API: bill | 27 October 2026 | 427890dcbef1f431… |
| Bills API: stages | 27 October 2026 | afe67149640ceb85… |
| Bills API: publications | 15 October 2026 | 2b23579bb0f9bc90… |