Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-26
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.
Government Bill
(Home Office)
What is this Bill?
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is a Government Bill tabled by a Minister of the Crown.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?Yes. This Bill was introduced on 30 January 2025 and is currently before Parliament.
Whose idea is this Bill?Government Bills implement the legislative agenda of the Government. This agenda, and the Bills that will implement it, are outlined in the Queen's Speech at the Session's State Opening of Parliament.
What type of Bill is this?Government Bills are technically Presentation Bills, but the Government can use its legislative time to ensure the schedule of debates to scrutinise the Bill.
So is this going to become a law?Though the Bill can be amended from its original form, the Bill will almost certainly be enacted in law before the end of the Session, or will be carried over to the subsequent Session.
How can I find out exactly what this Bill does?The most straightforward information is contained in the initial Explanatory Notes for the Bill.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Government Bills, Process of a Bill
Official Bill Page Initial Explanatory Notes Initial Briefing papers Ministerial Extracts from Debates All Bill Debates
Next Event: Monday 2nd June 2025 - 2nd reading
Last Event: Tuesday 13th May 2025 - 1st reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
Bill Progession through Parliament
Latest Key documents
Timeline of Bill Documents and Stages
2nd June 2025
2nd reading (Lords)
13th May 2025
1st reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
13th May 2025
1st reading (Lords)
13th May 2025
Bill
HL Bill 101 (as brought from the Commons)
13th May 2025
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 101 Explanatory Notes
12th May 2025
3rd reading (Commons)
12th May 2025
Report stage (Commons)
12th May 2025
Ways and Means resolution
12th May 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Speaker’s provisional grouping and selection of Amendments - 12 May 2025
12th May 2025
Amendment Paper
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 12 May 2025
9th May 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 9 May 2025
8th May 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 8 May 2025
7th May 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 7 May 2025
7th May 2025
Human rights memorandum
Second Supplementary Human Rights Memorandum
7th May 2025
Delegated Powers Memorandum
Supplementary Memorandum from the Home Office to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2nd May 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 2 May 2025
30th April 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 30 April 2025
22nd April 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 22 April 2025
1st April 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 1 April 2025
27th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 27 March 2025
19th March 2025
Bill
Bill 205 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
19th March 2025
Bill
Bill 205 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - xml version
19th March 2025
Bill proceedings: Commons
All proceedings up to 18 March 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage
18th March 2025
Committee stage: 12th Sitting (Commons)
18th March 2025
Committee stage: 11th Sitting (Commons)
18th March 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 18 March 2025
18th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 18 March 2025
18th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Fatima House (BSAIB39)
18th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Runnymede Trust (BSAIB40)
18th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Migrant Help (BSAIB38)
14th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025
13th March 2025
Committee stage: 10th sitting (Commons)
13th March 2025
Committee stage: 9th sitting (Commons)
13th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Open Rights Group (BSAIB34)
13th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the International Organisation for Migration, Country Office for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (IOM UK) (BSAIB36)
13th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Home Office (letter to the Committee providing an update on Government amendments at Public Bill Committee) (BSAIB37)
13th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 13 March 2025
13th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Justice and Care (BSAIB35)
13th March 2025
Human rights memorandum
Supplementary Human Rights Memorandum
12th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 12 March 2025
12th March 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 13 March 2025
11th March 2025
Committee stage: 8th sitting (Commons)
11th March 2025
Committee stage: 7th sitting (Commons)
11th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Detention Action, Medical Justice and Bail for Immigration Detainees (BSAIB28)
11th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Young Roots (BSAIB32)
11th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 March 2025
11th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Bar Council (BSAIB27)
11th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Liberty (BSAIB29)
11th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Safe Passage International (BSAIB30)
11th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Scottish Refugee Council (supplementary submission) (BSAIB31)
11th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Public Law Project and Freedom from Torture (joint submission) (BSAIB33)
10th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025
10th March 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 11 March 2025
7th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025
6th March 2025
Committee stage: 6th Sitting (Commons)
6th March 2025
Committee stage: 5th Sitting (Commons)
6th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by HIAS + JCORE (BSAIB23)
6th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the British Red Cross (BSAIB25)
6th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (BSAIB26)
6th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 6 March 2025
6th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Labour Exploitation Advisory Group (LEAG) (BSAIB24)
6th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Humans for Rights Network and Border Criminologies (joint submission) (BSAIB22)
5th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 5 March 2025
4th March 2025
Committee stage: 4th sitting (Commons)
4th March 2025
Committee stage: 3rd sitting (Commons)
4th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Asylos, Helen Bamber Foundation, Asylum Aid, ILPA, Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (MiCLU), Public Law Project, Rainbow Migration, Women for Refugee Women and Shpresa Programme (joint submission) (BSAIB20)
4th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by JUSTICE (BSAIB16)
4th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Jesuit Refugee Service UK (BSAIB17)
4th March 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 4 March 2025
4th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Taskforce on Survivors of Trafficking in Immigration Detention ("Detention Taskforce") (BSAIB18)
4th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Asylum Matters (BSAIB19)
4th March 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (BSAIB21)
3rd March 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 3 March 2025
3rd March 2025
Selection of amendments: Commons
Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee - 4 March 2025
28th February 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025
27th February 2025
Committee stage: 2nd Sitting (Commons)
27th February 2025
Committee stage: 1st Sitting (Commons)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Angie Pedley (BSAIB07)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) and Amnesty International UK (joint submission) (BSAIB03)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London (BSAIB14)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Law Society of England and Wales (BSAIB08)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) (BSAIB09)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) and the Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU) (BSAIB11)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by David Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Demography, University of Oxford (BSAIB13)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Hope for Justice (BSAIB02)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Work Rights Centre (BSAIB01)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Public Law Project (BSAIB04)
27th February 2025
Amendment Paper
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 27 February 2025
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Law Society of Scotland (BSAIB05)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Migrant Voice and Amnesty International UK (joint submission) (BSAIB06)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Refugee Action (BSAIB10)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Stephen Francis MSc (BSAIB15)
27th February 2025
Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by the Refugee and Migrant Children's Consortium (BSAIB12)
26th February 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 26 February 2025
25th February 2025
Amendment Paper
Notices of Amendments as at 25 February 2025
11th February 2025
Press notices
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: call for evidence
10th February 2025
2nd reading (Commons)
10th February 2025
Money resolution
10th February 2025
Programme motion
31st January 2025
Briefing papers
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-25
30th January 2025
1st reading (Commons)
30th January 2025
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Home Office
30th January 2025
Bill
Bill 173 2024-25 (as introduced)
30th January 2025
Bill
Bill 173 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml download
30th January 2025
Delegated Powers Memorandum
Memorandum from the Home Office to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
30th January 2025
Human rights memorandum
Human Rights Memorandum
30th January 2025
Explanatory Notes
Bill 173 EN 2024-25