Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Royal Assent
- Yvette Cooper
- 30 January 2025
- 10 December 2025
What the bill does
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.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading30 JAN 2025 · COMMONS
- 2nd reading10 FEB 2025 · COMMONS
- Programme motion10 FEB 2025 · COMMONS
- Money resolution10 FEB 2025 · COMMONS
- Committee stage27 FEB 2025 · COMMONS
- Ways and Means resolution12 MAY 2025 · COMMONS
- Report stage12 MAY 2025 · COMMONS
- 3rd reading12 MAY 2025 · COMMONS
- Consideration of Lords amendments19 NOV 2025 · COMMONS
- Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons24 NOV 2025 · LORDS
- Royal Assent (current stage)2 DEC 2025 · UNASSIGNED
What Royal Assent means, and what happens next
The bill has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
Its provisions come into force on the date the Act specifies, which may be immediately, on a set date, or when a minister makes a commencement order.
Read the full guide to this stage: What happens at Royal Assent
Official bill page on parliament.uk
Questions about the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025
- What stage is the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 at?
- The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Has the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 become law?
- Yes. The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Who sponsored the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025?
- The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 was sponsored by Yvette Cooper.
- When was the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 introduced?
- It was introduced to Parliament on 30 January 2025, at first reading.
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