Government Defeats in the House of Lords, 2023–2024
This page lists Government Defeats in the House of Lords in the 2023–2024 parliamentary session.
The UK government was defeated 43 times in the House of Lords during the parliamentary session of 2023-24. Below is an overview of these defeats, listed in reverse chronological order. Clicking on a link will open a PDF that has more information about the defeat.
| Defeat no. | Date | Bill | Subject | Majority | |
| 43 | 21/05/2024 | Victims and Prisoners Bill | To add a new clause adding a condition of the release and licence of serial and serious harm domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators that they must be subject to notification requirements under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. | -15 | victimsandprisonersbillr133.pdf |
| 42 | 21/05/2024 | Victims and Prisoners Bill | To add a new clause adding a condition of the release and licence of serial and serious harm domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators that they must be included in the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements. | -3 | victimsandprisonersbillr132.pdf |
| 41 | 14/05/2024 | Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | To insist on adding a new clause imposing requirements on secondary tickets sites regarding proof of purchase, ticket number limits and the provision of information. | -15 | digitalmarketscompetitionandconsumersbilllccae1.pdf |
| 40 | 30/04/2024 | Victims and Prisoners Bill | To add a new clause requiring public authorities to act in the public interest and with transparency, candour and frankness when carrying out their duties in relation to major incidents. | -21 | victimsandprisonersbillr113.pdf |
| 39 | 30/04/2024 | Victims and Prisoners Bill | To add a new clause to ensure that the personal data of a victim of a crime is not used for any immigration control purpose without the consent of that person. | -6 | victimsandprisonersbillr96.pdf |
| 38 | 23/04/2024 | Victims and Prisoners Bill | To add a new clause to require the Secretary of State to publish and implement a strategy for mandatory training for staff at the relevant justice agencies responsible for giving effect to the Victims Code. | -11 | victimsandprisonersbillr58.pdf |
| 37 | 23/04/2024 | Victims and Prisoners Bill | To add a new clause to create a duty for specified public authorities, including criminal justice bodies, the Parole Board and police forces, to collaborate with the Victims and Witnesses Commissioner. | -8 | victimsandprisonersbillr57.pdf |
| 36 | 22/04/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist (x4) on requiring the Secretary of State to lay before parliament a report by the independent Monitoring Committee when the Rwanda Treaty has been implemented and to update parliament if the provisions of the treaty are later not adhered to. | -29 | safetyofrwandabilllcca4a1.pdf |
| 35 | 17/04/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist (x3) on adding a new clause to exempt individuals who have supported UK overseas forces, and the families of those individuals, from removal to Rwanda. | -52 | safetyofrwandabilllcca3d1.pdf |
| 34 | 17/04/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist (x3) on requiring the Secretary of State to lay before parliament a report by the independent Monitoring Committee when the Rwanda Treaty has been implemented and to update parliament if the provisions of the treaty are later not adhered to. | -37 | safetyofrwandabilllcca3b1.pdf |
| 33 | 16/04/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist (x2) on adding a new clause to exempt individuals who have supported UK overseas forces, and the families of those individuals, from removal to Rwanda. | -57 | safetyofrwandabilllcca2f1.pdf |
| 32 | 16/04/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist (x2) on replacing a clause to reinstate the ability of decision makers to consider whether Rwanda is a safe country in individual cases and to allow domestic courts and tribunals to grant interim relief in such cases. | -17 | safetyofrwandabilllcca2c1.pdf |
| 31 | 16/04/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist (x2) on requiring the Secretary of State to lay before parliament a report by the independent Monitoring Committee when the Rwanda Treaty has been implemented and to update parliament if the provisions of the treaty are later not adhered to. | -39 | safetyofrwandabilllcca2b1.pdf |
| 30 | 16/04/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist (x2) on ensuring that the final Act is compliant with international law, the Children Act 1989, the Human Rights Act 1998, and the Modern Slavery Act 2015 | -25 | safetyofrwandabilllcca2a1.pdf |
| 29 | 20/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist on adding a new clause to exempt individuals who have supported UK overseas forces, and the families of those individuals, from removal to Rwanda. | -39 | safetyofrwandabilllccah1.pdf |
| 28 | 20/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist on adding a new clause to require that victims of modern slavery and human trafficking are not removed to Rwanda without their consent. | -37 | safetyofrwandabilllccag1.pdf |
| 27 | 20/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist on adding a new clause disapplying section 57 of Illegal Migration Act 2023, which limits judicial review of decisions made on the basis of age assessment of unaccompanied children, in relation to removals to Rwanda. | -30 | safetyofrwandabilllccae1.pdf |
| 26 | 20/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist on replacing a clause to reinstate the ability of decision makers to consider whether Rwanda is a safe country in individual cases and to allow domestic courts and tribunals to grant interim relief in such cases. | -30 | safetyofrwandabilllccad1.pdf |
| 25 | 20/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist on requiring the Secretary of State to lay before parliament a report by the independent Monitoring Committee when the Rwanda Treaty has been implemented and to update parliament if the provisions of the treaty are later not adhered to. | -50 | safetyofrwandabilllccab2.pdf |
| 24 | 20/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist on giving effect to the proposition that parliament cannot judge Rwanda to be a safe country until the Rwanda Treaty has been, and continues to be, fully implemented. | -55 | safetyofrwandabilllccab1.pdf |
| 23 | 20/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To insist on ensuring that the final Act is fully compliant with the rule of law. | -43 | safetyofrwandabilllccaa1.pdf |
| 22 | 13/03/2024 | West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 | To regret that the draft Order entails the transfer of power being completed without the consent of other relevant local authorities; and that the public consultation required by law was not commenced before an initial decision was made (non-fatal motion). | -83 | westmidlandspccfunctions.pdf |
| 21 | 13/03/2024 | Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | To add a new clause imposing requirements on secondary tickets sites regarding proof of purchase, ticket number limits and the provision of information. | -11 | digitalmarketsbillr150.pdf |
| 20 | 11/03/2024 | Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | To require the Secretary of State to respond within 40 days to draft guidance from the CMA on how it will exercise its functions under the Act. | -15 | digitalmarketsbill56.pdf |
| 19 | 11/03/2024 | Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | To reinstate judicial review principles as the means by which appeals against penalty decisions are heard, rather than such decisions being determined on the merits. | -12 | digitalmarketsbill43.pdf |
| 18 | 11/03/2024 | Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | To narrow the ability of bigger platforms to claim their anti-competitive behaviour presents countervailing benefits. | -16 | digitalmarketsbill23.pdf |
| 17 | 11/03/2024 | Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | To change the conditions for the Competition and Markets Authority imposing conduct requirements from cases where it is proportionate to cases where it is appropriate, in order to reduce the risk of extend legal contestation as a means of obfuscation. | -25 | digitalmarketsbill13.pdf |
| 16 | 06/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To add a new clause to exempt individuals who have supported UK overseas forces, and the families of those individuals, from removal to Rwanda. | -84 | safetyofrwandabillr44.pdf |
| 15 | 06/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To add a new clause to require that victims of modern slavery and human trafficking are not removed to Rwanda without their consent. | -75 | safetyofrwandabillr42.pdf |
| 14 | 06/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To add a new clause requiring the publication of a timetable for the Government’s plans to remove asylum cases accrued under the provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 to Rwanda. | -44 | safetyofrwandabillr41.pdf |
| 13 | 06/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To add a new clause disapplying section 57 of Illegal Migration Act 2023, which limits judicial review of decisions made on the basis of age assessment of unaccompanied children, in relation to removals to Rwanda. | -84 | safetyofrwandabillr34.pdf |
| 12 | 06/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To replace a clause to reinstate the ability of decision makers to consider whether Rwanda is a safe country in individual cases and to allow domestic courts and tribunals to grant interim relief in such cases. | -89 | safetyofrwandabillr33.pdf |
| 11 | 04/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To remove sections from the bill that would have limited the ability of courts and tribunals to consider a review of, or an appeal against, a decision relating to the removal of a person to Rwanda. | -91 | safetyofrwandabillr12.pdf |
| 10 | 04/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To allow the presumption that Rwanda is a safe country to be rebutted by credible evidence presented to decision-makers, including courts and tribunals. | -87 | safetyofrwandabillr9.pdf |
| 9 | 04/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To require the Secretary of State to lay before parliament a report by the independent Monitoring Committee when the Rwanda Treaty has been implemented and to require an update to parliament if the provisions of the treaty are later not adhered to. | -110 | safetyofrwandabillr7.pdf |
| 8 | 04/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To give effect to the proposition that parliament cannot judge Rwanda to be a safe country until the Rwanda Treaty has been, and continues to be, fully implemented. | -102 | safetyofrwandabillr4.pdf |
| 7 | 04/03/2024 | Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill | To ensure that the final Act is fully compliant with the rule of law. | -102 | safetyofrwandabillr2.pdf |
| 6 | 06/02/2024 | Electoral Commission Strategy and Policy Statement | To regret that the Strategy and Policy Statement has been laid despite concerns raised during the consultation process including the finding that it is inconsistent with the Commission’s role as an independent regulator (non-fatal motion) | -16 | electoralcommissionstrategyandpolicystatement.pdf |
| 5 | 22/01/2024 | Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement | To resolve that the government should not ratify the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership until the protections it provides have been fully implemented as parliament is being asked to make a judgement on safety based on the protections. | -43 | ukrwandaagreement.pdf |
| 4 | 12/12/2023 | Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 | To regret that the draft regulations could dangerously weaken the restrictions on overseas political donations and allow foreign money to enter British democracy (non-fatal motion). | -31 | representationofthepeopleregulations2023.pdf |
| 3 | 06/12/2023 | Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels) | To regret that the Code of Practice imposes significant new duties on trade unions, beyond the scope of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 and fails to clarify significant areas of uncertainty (non-fatal motion). | -4 | codeofpracticetradeunions2023.pdf |
| 2 | 27/11/2023 | Immigration (Age Assessments) Regulations 2023 | To regret that the government has brought forward regulations for x-ray age verification tests that are premature as the policy is still under development and insufficient information about free consent and impact have been provided (non-fatal motion). | -89 | immigrationregulations2023.pdf |
| 1 | 27/11/2023 | Justification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023 | To regret that the government has brought forward regulations for x-ray age verification tests that are premature as the policy is still under development and insufficient information about free consent and impact have been provided (non-fatal motion). | -79 | justificationdecisionsregulations2023.pdf |