Delegated Legislation — Pensions — 31 Mar 1998

Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118(6) (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation), Pensions

That the draft Social Security (Minimum Contributions to Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) Order 1998, which was laid before this House on 4th March, be approved.-- [Mr. Pope.]

Question agreed to.

Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118(6) (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation),

That the draft Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions, and Rebates) (Money Purchase Contracted-out) Schemes Order 1998, which was laid before this House on 4th March, be approved.-- [Mr. Pope.]

The House divided: Ayes 271, Noes 119.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

Party	Majority (Aye)	Minority (No)	Both	Turnout
Con	0	119 (+2 tell)	0	74.7%
Lab	239 (+2 tell)	0	0	57.8%
LDem	26	0	0	56.5%
PC	1	0	0	25.0%
SNP	5	0	0	83.3%
Total:	271	119	0	62.0%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote

Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.

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Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
Mrs Irene Adams	Paisley North	Lab (minister)	aye
Nick Ainger	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Lab	aye
Bob Ainsworth	Coventry North East	Lab (minister)	tellaye
Douglas Alexander	Paisley South	Lab	aye
Mr Richard Allan	Sheffield, Hallam	LDem (front bench)	aye
Graham Allen	Nottingham North	Lab (minister)	aye
Janet Anderson	Rossendale and Darwen	Lab (minister)	aye
Charlotte Atkins	Staffordshire Moorlands	Lab	aye
John Austin	Erith and Thamesmead	Lab	aye
Norman Baker	Lewes	LDem (front bench)	aye
Mr Tony Banks	West Ham	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Harry Barnes	North East Derbyshire	Lab	aye
Hugh Bayley	City of York	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Nigel Beard	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Lab	aye
Anne Begg	Aberdeen South	Lab (minister)	aye
Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem (front bench)	aye
Stuart Bell	Middlesbrough	Lab (minister)	aye
Joe Benton	Bootle	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Gerry Bermingham	St Helens South	Lab	aye
Clive Betts	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Lab (minister)	aye
Liz Blackman	Erewash	Lab	aye
Hazel Blears	Salford	Lab	aye
Mr Keith Bradley	Manchester, Withington	Lab (minister)	aye
Ben Bradshaw	Exeter	Lab	aye
Tom Brake	Carshalton and Wallington	LDem (front bench)	aye
Nick Brown	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Lab (minister)	aye
Des Browne	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Lab (minister)	aye
Malcolm Bruce	Gordon	LDem (front bench)	aye
Karen Buck	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr John Burnett	Torridge and West Devon	LDem	aye
Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab (minister)	aye
Richard Caborn	Sheffield Central	Lab (minister)	aye
Mrs Anne Campbell	Cambridge	Lab	aye
Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem (front bench)	aye
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours	Workington	Lab (minister)	aye
Dennis Canavan	Falkirk West	whilst Lab	aye
Mr Jamie Cann	Ipswich	Lab	aye
Mr Roger Casale	Wimbledon	Lab	aye
Martin Caton	Gower	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr David Chidgey	Eastleigh	LDem (front bench)	aye
Malcolm Chisholm	Edinburgh North and Leith	Lab	aye
Michael Clapham	Barnsley West and Penistone	Lab	aye
Dr David Clark	South Shields	Lab (minister)	aye
Dr Lynda Clark	Edinburgh Pentlands	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Eric Clarke	Midlothian	Lab	aye
Tom Clarke	Coatbridge and Chryston	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Tony Clarke	Northampton South	Lab	aye
David Clelland	Tyne Bridge	Lab (minister)	aye
Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab (minister)	aye
Vernon Coaker	Gedling	Lab	aye
Mr Tony Colman	Putney	Lab	aye
Michael Connarty	Falkirk East	Lab	aye
Yvette Cooper	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab (minister)	aye
Jeremy Corbyn	Islington North	Lab	aye
Ms Jean Corston	Bristol East	Lab	aye
Mr Brian Cotter	Weston-Super-Mare	LDem (front bench)	aye
Jim Cousins	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab	aye
Professor Ross Cranston	Dudley North	Lab	aye
David Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab (minister)	aye
Ann Cryer	Keighley	Lab	aye
John Cummings	Easington	Lab	aye
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe	Leigh	Lab	aye
Jim Cunningham	Coventry South	Lab (minister)	aye
Roseanna Cunningham	Perth	SNP	aye
Mr Tam Dalyell	Linlithgow	Lab	aye
Alistair Darling	Edinburgh Central	Lab (minister)	aye
Ian Davidson	Glasgow Pollok	Lab (minister)	aye
Geraint Davies	Croydon Central	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Ron Davies	Caerphilly	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Terry Davis	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Lab	aye
Mr Hilton Dawson	Lancaster and Wyre	Lab	aye
Janet Dean	Burton	Lab	aye
Donald Dewar	Glasgow Anniesland	Lab (minister)	aye
Andrew Dismore	Hendon	Lab	aye
Brian H Donohoe	Cunninghame South	Lab (minister)	aye
Frank Doran	Aberdeen Central	Lab	aye
Jim Dowd	Lewisham West	Lab (minister)	aye
David Drew	Stroud	Lab (minister)	aye
Angela Eagle	Wallasey	Lab (minister)	aye
Maria Eagle	Liverpool, Garston	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Huw Edwards	Monmouth	Lab	aye
Clive Efford	Eltham	Lab (minister)	aye
Louise Ellman	Liverpool, Riverside	Lab	aye
Bill Etherington	Sunderland North	Lab	aye
Margaret Ewing	Moray	SNP	aye
Mr Derek Fatchett	Leeds Central	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Ronnie Fearn	Southport	LDem	aye
Frank Field	Birkenhead	Lab (minister)	aye
Jim Fitzpatrick	Poplar and Canning Town	Lab	aye
Ms Lorna Fitzsimons	Rochdale	Lab	aye
Caroline Flint	Don Valley	Lab (minister)	aye
Don Foster	Bath	LDem (front bench)	aye
Michael Jabez Foster	Hastings and Rye	Lab	aye
Mr George Foulkes	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Lab (minister)	aye
Mrs Maria Fyfe	Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	aye
George Galloway	Glasgow Kelvin	Lab	aye
Barry Gardiner	Brent North	Lab (minister)	aye
Andrew George	St Ives	LDem (front bench)	aye
Bruce George	Walsall South	Lab	aye
Neil Gerrard	Walthamstow	Lab	aye
Ian Gibson	Norwich North	Lab	aye
Linda Gilroy	Plymouth, Sutton	Lab	aye
Dr Norman Godman	Greenock and Inverclyde	Lab	aye
Paul Goggins	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Lab	aye
Mrs Llin Golding	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab	aye
Mrs Eileen Gordon	Romford	Lab	aye
Donald Gorrie	Edinburgh West	LDem	aye
Ms Jane Griffiths	Reading East	Lab	aye
Nigel Griffiths	Edinburgh South	Lab (minister)	aye
John Grogan	Selby	Lab (minister)	aye
Mike Hall	Weaver Vale	Lab	aye
Patrick Hall	Bedford	Lab	aye
Fabian Hamilton	Leeds North East	Lab (minister)	aye
David Hanson	Delyn	Lab	aye
Mr Ivan Henderson	Harwich	Lab	aye
Stephen Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab (minister)	aye
John Heppell	Nottingham East	Lab	aye
Stephen Hesford	Wirral West	Lab	aye
Keith Hill	Streatham	Lab	aye
John Home Robertson	East Lothian	Lab	aye
Jimmy Hood	Clydesdale	Lab (minister)	aye
Geoff Hoon	Ashfield	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Alan Howarth	Newport East	Lab (minister)	aye
George Howarth	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Lab (minister)	aye
Kim Howells	Pontypridd	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Kevin Hughes	Doncaster North	Lab (minister)	tellaye
Simon Hughes	North Southwark and Bermondsey	LDem (front bench)	aye
Joan Humble	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Lab	aye
John Hutton	Barrow and Furness	Lab	aye
Brian Iddon	Bolton South East	Lab	aye
Glenda Jackson	Hampstead and Highgate	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr David Jamieson	Plymouth, Devonport	Lab (minister)	aye
Brian Jenkins	Tamworth	Lab	aye
Miss Melanie Johnson	Welwyn Hatfield	Lab	aye
Mr Barry Jones	Alyn and Deeside	Lab	aye
Mr Jon Owen Jones	Cardiff Central	Lab (minister)	aye
Lynne Jones	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Lab	aye
Martyn Jones	Clwyd South	Lab	aye
Gerald Kaufman	Manchester, Gorton	Lab (minister)	aye
Sally Keeble	Northampton North	Lab	aye
Alan Keen	Feltham and Heston	Lab	aye
Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Inverness West	LDem (front bench)	aye
Jane Kennedy	Liverpool, Wavertree	Lab (minister)	aye
Piara S Khabra	Ealing, Southall	Lab	aye
David Kidney	Stafford	Lab	aye
Ms Oona King	Bethnal Green and Bow	Lab (minister)	aye
Ms Tess Kingham	Gloucester	Lab	aye
Mr Archy Kirkwood	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	LDem (front bench)	aye
Ashok Kumar	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Lab	aye
Stephen Ladyman	South Thanet	Lab	aye
Mrs Jackie Lawrence	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Lab	aye
David Lepper	Brighton, Pavilion	Lab	aye
Chris Leslie	Shipley	Lab (minister)	aye
Tom Levitt	High Peak	Lab	aye
Mr Terry Lewis	Worsley	Lab	aye
Martin Linton	Battersea	Lab	aye
Mr Richard Livsey	Brecon and Radnorshire	LDem (front bench)	aye
Elfyn Llwyd	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	PC (front bench)	aye
Andrew Love	Edmonton	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Calum MacDonald	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Lab (minister)	aye
Fiona Mactaggart	Slough	Lab	aye
Judy Mallaber	Amber Valley	Lab	aye
Gordon Marsden	Blackpool South	Lab	aye
David Marshall	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	aye
Dr Jim Marshall	Leicester South	Lab	aye
Eric Martlew	Carlisle	Lab	aye
John McAllion	Dundee East	Lab	aye
Thomas McAvoy	Glasgow Rutherglen	Lab (minister)	aye
Steve McCabe	Birmingham, Hall Green	Lab	aye
Chris McCafferty	Calder Valley	Lab	aye
Siobhain McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab	aye
John McFall	Dumbarton	Lab (minister)	aye
Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab	aye
Shona McIsaac	Cleethorpes	Lab	aye
Henry McLeish	Central Fife	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Kevin McNamara	Kingston upon Hull North	Lab	aye
Mr Tony McWalter	Hemel Hempstead	Lab	aye
Alan Meale	Mansfield	Lab	aye
Alun Michael	Cardiff South and Penarth	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Bill Michie	Sheffield, Heeley	Lab	aye
Mrs Ray Michie	Argyll and Bute	LDem	aye
Andrew Miller	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Lab	aye
Austin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab (minister)	aye
Laura Moffatt	Crawley	Lab	aye
Dr Lewis Moonie	Kirkcaldy	Lab (minister)	aye
Michael Moore	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	LDem (front bench)	aye
Margaret Moran	Luton South	Lab	aye
Alasdair Morgan	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	SNP	aye
Julie Morgan	Cardiff North	Lab	aye
Mr Rhodri Morgan	Cardiff West	Lab	aye
Elliot Morley	Scunthorpe	Lab (minister)	aye
Ms Estelle Morris	Birmingham, Yardley	Lab (minister)	aye
George Mudie	Leeds East	Lab (minister)	aye
Denis Murphy	Wansbeck	Lab	aye
Dan Norris	Wansdyke	Lab	aye
Mike O'Brien	North Warwickshire	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Martin O'Neill	Ochil	Lab (minister)	aye
Sandra Osborne	Ayr	Lab (minister)	aye
Nick Palmer	Broxtowe	Lab	aye
Ian Pearson	Dudley South	Lab	aye
Mr Tom Pendry	Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	aye
Ms Linda Perham	Ilford North	Lab	aye
Mr Colin Pickthall	West Lancashire	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Pike	Burnley	Lab	aye
Greg Pope	Hyndburn	Lab (minister)	aye
Steve Pound	Ealing North	Lab (minister)	aye
Bridget Prentice	Lewisham East	Lab (minister)	aye
Gwyn Prosser	Dover	Lab	aye
Ken Purchase	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	aye
Mr Syd Rapson	Portsmouth North	Lab	aye
Nick Raynsford	Greenwich and Woolwich	Lab (minister)	aye
Andy Reed	Loughborough	Lab	aye
Mr David Rendel	Newbury	LDem	aye
Mr Allan Rogers	Rhondda	Lab	aye
Mr Ernie Ross	Dundee West	Lab	aye
Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab (minister)	aye
Chris Ruane	Vale of Clwyd	Lab	aye
Joan Ruddock	Lewisham, Deptford	Lab (minister)	aye
Christine Russell	City of Chester	Lab	aye
Joan Ryan	Enfield North	Lab	aye
Alex Salmond	Banff and Buchan	SNP (front bench)	aye
Mr Phil Sawford	Kettering	Lab	aye
Alan Simpson	Nottingham South	Lab	aye
Dennis Skinner	Bolsover	Lab (minister)	aye
Andrew Smith	Oxford East	Lab (minister)	aye
John Smith	Vale of Glamorgan	Lab	aye
Mr Llew Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	aye
Robert Smith	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	LDem	aye
Mr Peter Snape	West Bromwich East	Lab	aye
Mr Clive Soley	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Lab (minister)	aye
Helen Southworth	Warrington South	Lab	aye
John Spellar	Warley	Lab (minister)	aye
Rachel Squire	Dunfermline West	Lab	aye
Mr Gerry Steinberg	City of Durham	Lab	aye
Mr David Stewart	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Stinchcombe	Wellingborough	Lab	aye
Howard Stoate	Dartford	Lab	aye
Mr Roger Stott	Wigan	Lab	aye
Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Lab (minister)	aye
Graham Stringer	Manchester, Blackley	Lab (minister)	aye
Gisela Stuart	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Lab (minister)	aye
Andrew Stunell	Hazel Grove	LDem (front bench)	aye
John Swinney	North Tayside	SNP	aye
Mrs Ann Taylor	Dewsbury	Lab (minister)	aye
Dari Taylor	Stockton South	Lab	aye
David Taylor	North West Leicestershire	Lab	aye
Matthew Taylor	Truro and St Austell	LDem (front bench)	aye
Mr Gareth Thomas	Clwyd West	Lab	aye
Stephen Timms	East Ham	Lab	aye
Mark Todd	South Derbyshire	Lab	aye
Don Touhig	Islwyn	Lab	aye
Jon Trickett	Hemsworth	Lab	aye
Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab	aye
Mr Dennis Turner	Wolverhampton South East	Lab (minister)	aye
Desmond Turner	Brighton, Kemptown	Lab	aye
Derek Twigg	Halton	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Tyler	North Cornwall	LDem (front bench)	aye
Rudi Vis	Finchley and Golders Green	Lab	aye
Jim Wallace	Orkney and Shetland	LDem	aye
Joan Walley	Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab (minister)	aye
Claire Ward	Watford	Lab	aye
Dave Watts	St Helens North	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Brian White	North East Milton Keynes	Lab	aye
Alan Whitehead	Southampton, Test	Lab (minister)	aye
Dr Alan Williams	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Lab	aye
Betty Williams	Conwy	Lab	aye
Phil Willis	Harrogate and Knaresborough	LDem (front bench)	aye
David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab (minister)	aye
Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central	Lab	aye
Ms Audrey Wise	Preston	Lab	aye
Phil Woolas	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Lab	aye
Mr Jimmy Wray	Glasgow Baillieston	Lab	aye
Tony Wright	Cannock Chase	Lab	aye
Peter Ainsworth	East Surrey	Con	no
Sir David Amess	Southend West	Con	no
Michael Ancram	Devizes	Con (front bench)	no
James Arbuthnot	North East Hampshire	Con (front bench)	no
Mr David Atkinson	Bournemouth East	Con	no
Peter Atkinson	Hexham	Con	no
Tony Baldry	Banbury	Con (front bench)	no
Paul Beresford	Mole Valley	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Richard Body	Boston and Skegness	Con	no
Tim Boswell	Daventry	Con (front bench)	no
Peter Bottomley	Worthing West	Con (front bench)	no
Mrs Virginia Bottomley	South West Surrey	Con (front bench)	no
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con (front bench)	no
Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con	no
Angela Browning	Tiverton and Honiton	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Ian Bruce	South Dorset	Con	no
Simon Burns	West Chelmsford	Con (front bench)	no
John Butterfill	Bournemouth West	Con	no
Bill Cash	Stone	Con	no
Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con (front bench)	no
James Clappison	Hertsmere	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Alan Clark	Kensington and Chelsea	Con	no
Dr Michael Clark	Rayleigh	Con	no
Kenneth Clarke	Rushcliffe	Con	no
Mr Tim Collins	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Con	no
Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con (front bench)	no
David Curry	Skipton and Ripon	Con	no
Quentin Davies	Grantham and Stamford	Con (front bench)	no
David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Stephen Day	Cheadle	Con	no
Stephen Dorrell	Charnwood	Con (front bench)	no
Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green	Con (front bench)	no
Nigel Evans	Ribble Valley	Con	no
Mr David Faber	Westbury	Con	no
Michael Fabricant	Lichfield	Con	no
Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	Con (front bench)	no
Eric Forth	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con	no
Mr Norman Fowler	Sutton Coldfield	Con (front bench)	no
Liam Fox	Woodspring	Con	no
Christopher Fraser	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Con	no
Roger Gale	North Thanet	Con (front bench)	no
Edward Garnier	Harborough	Con	no
Nick Gibb	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Christopher Gill	Ludlow	Con	no
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Chesham and Amersham	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Alastair Goodlad	Eddisbury	Con (front bench)	no
Mrs Teresa Gorman	Billericay	Con	no
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con (front bench)	no
Damian Green	Ashford	Con (front bench)	no
John Greenway	Ryedale	Con	no
Dominic Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con (front bench)	no
John Gummer	Suffolk Coastal	Con	no
Sir Archie Hamilton	Epsom and Ewell	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Nick Hawkins	Surrey Heath	Con	no
John Hayes	South Holland and The Deepings	Con (front bench)	no
Oliver Heald	North East Hertfordshire	Con (front bench)	tellno
David Heathcoat-Amory	Wells	Con	no
Douglas Hogg	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Con	no
John Horam	Orpington	Con	no
Gerald Howarth	Aldershot	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Andrew Hunter	Basingstoke	Con	no
Michael Jack	Fylde	Con	no
Bernard Jenkin	North Essex	Con (front bench)	no
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Wealden	Con	no
Julie Kirkbride	Bromsgrove	Con	no
Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Con (front bench)	no
Jacqui Lait	Beckenham	Con	no
Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Con (front bench)	no
Oliver Letwin	West Dorset	Con	no
Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Con	no
David Lidington	Aylesbury	Con	no
Sir Peter Lloyd	Fareham	Con	no
Tim Loughton	East Worthing and Shoreham	Con (front bench)	no
Peter Luff	Mid Worcestershire	Con (front bench)	no
Sir Nicholas Lyell	North East Bedfordshire	Con (front bench)	no
Mr John MacGregor	South Norfolk	Con	no
Andrew MacKay	Bracknell	Con	no
David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con	no
Theresa May	Maidenhead	Con (front bench)	no
Patrick McLoughlin	West Derbyshire	Con (front bench)	no
Malcolm Moss	North East Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Mr Archie Norman	Tunbridge Wells	Con	no
Richard Ottaway	Croydon South	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Richard Page	South West Hertfordshire	Con	no
James Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	no
Owen Paterson	North Shropshire	Con (front bench)	no
Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar	Con (front bench)	no
Mr David Prior	North Norfolk	Con (front bench)	no
John Randall	Uxbridge	Con	no
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con (front bench)	no
Andrew Robathan	Blaby	Con (front bench)	no
Mrs Marion Roe	Broxbourne	Con	no
Mr Andrew Rowe	Faversham and Mid Kent	Con	no
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con (front bench)	no
Mrs Gillian Shephard	South West Norfolk	Con (front bench)	no
Keith Simpson	Mid Norfolk	Con	no
Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex	Con	no
Michael Spicer	West Worcestershire	Con (front bench)	no
Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con	no
Mr Nick St Aubyn	Guildford	Con	no
Anthony Steen	Totnes	Con	no
Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Con (front bench)	no
Robert Syms	Poole	Con (front bench)	no
Ian Taylor	Esher and Walton	Con	no
Mr John Taylor	Solihull	Con	no
Mr Teddy Taylor	Rochford and Southend East	Con	no
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Michael Trend	Windsor	Con	no
Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con (front bench)	no
Peter Viggers	Gosport	Con	no
Robert Walter	North Dorset	Con (front bench)	no
Charles Wardle	Bexhill and Battle	whilst Con	no
Nigel Waterson	Eastbourne	Con	tellno
Mr Bowen Wells	Hertford and Stortford	Con	no
Sir Ray Whitney	Wycombe	Con	no
Ann Widdecombe	Maidstone and The Weald	Con	no
Mr John Wilkinson	Ruislip - Northwood	Con	no
David Willetts	Havant	Con	no
Shaun Woodward	Witney	whilst Con	no
Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con (front bench)	no
George Young	North West Hampshire	Con (front bench)	no
Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab (minister)	absent
Gerry Adams	Belfast West	SF	absent
Mr Donald Anderson	Swansea East	Lab (minister)	absent
Hilary Armstrong	North West Durham	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Paddy Ashdown	Yeovil	LDem (front bench)	absent
Mr Joe Ashton	Bassetlaw	Lab	absent
Ms Candy Atherton	Falmouth and Camborne	Lab	absent
Mrs Jackie Ballard	Taunton	LDem	absent
Kevin Barron	Rother Valley	Lab (minister)	absent
John Battle	Leeds West	Lab (minister)	absent
Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Roy Beggs	East Antrim	UUP	absent
Mr Martin Bell	Tatton	Independent	absent
Mr Tony Benn	Chesterfield	Lab	absent
Mr Andrew Bennett	Denton and Reddish	Lab	absent
John Bercow	Buckingham	Con (front bench)	absent
Roger Berry	Kingswood	Lab	absent
Mr Harold Best	Leeds North West	Lab	absent
Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab (minister)	absent
Bob Blizzard	Waveney	Lab	absent
David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab (minister)	absent
Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Con	absent
Mr Paul Boateng	Brent South	Lab (minister)	absent
Miss Betty Boothroyd	West Bromwich West	Speaker (front bench)	absent
David Borrow	South Ribble	Lab	absent
Mr Peter Bradley	The Wrekin	Lab	absent
Dr Peter Brand	Isle of Wight	LDem	absent
Colin Breed	South East Cornwall	LDem	absent
Mr Peter Brooke	Cities of London and Westminster	Con (front bench)	absent
Gordon Brown	Dunfermline East	Lab (minister)	absent
Russell Brown	Dumfries	Lab	absent
Richard Burden	Birmingham, Northfield	Lab	absent
Colin Burgon	Elmet	Lab	absent
Paul Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	LDem (front bench)	absent
Mrs Christine Butler	Castle Point	Lab	absent
Vincent Cable	Twickenham	LDem (front bench)	absent
Alan Campbell	Tynemouth	Lab (minister)	absent
Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Ivor Caplin	Hove	Lab	absent
Ian Cawsey	Brigg and Goole	Lab	absent
Ben Chapman	Wirral South	Lab	absent
Sir Sydney Chapman	Chipping Barnet	Con	absent
David Chaytor	Bury North	Lab	absent
Ms Judith Church	Dagenham	Lab	absent
Ms Helen Clark	Peterborough	Lab	absent
Paul Clark	Gillingham	Lab	absent
Charles Clarke	Norwich South	Lab	absent
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Cotswold	Con (front bench)	absent
Ann Coffey	Stockport	Lab	absent
Harry Cohen	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab	absent
Mr Iain Coleman	Hammersmith and Fulham	Lab	absent
Mr Michael Colvin	Romsey	Con	absent
Frank Cook	Stockton North	Lab	absent
Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Robin Corbett	Birmingham, Erdington	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Tom Cox	Tooting	Lab	absent
Mr James Cran	Beverley and Holderness	Con	absent
John Cryer	Hornchurch	Lab	absent
Dr Jack Cunningham	Copeland	Lab (minister)	absent
Claire Curtis-Thomas	Crosby	Lab	absent
Mr Cynog Dafis	Ceredigion	PC	absent
Mr Keith Darvill	Upminster	Lab	absent
Edward Davey	Kingston and Surbiton	LDem (front bench)	absent
Mrs Valerie Davey	Bristol West	Lab	absent
Mr Denzil Davies	Llanelli	Lab	absent
John Denham	Southampton, Itchen	Lab (minister)	absent
Jim Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab	absent
Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	Lab (minister)	absent
Jeffrey M. Donaldson	Lagan Valley	UUP (front bench)	absent
Ms Julia Drown	South Swindon	Lab	absent
Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con (front bench)	absent
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	absent
Sir Peter Emery	East Devon	Con	absent
Jeff Ennis	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Lab	absent
Michael Fallon	Sevenoaks	Con (front bench)	absent
Mark Fisher	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab (minister)	absent
Paul Flynn	Newport West	Lab	absent
Barbara Follett	Stevenage	Lab	absent
Mr Clifford Forsythe	South Antrim	UUP	absent
Mr Derek Foster	Bishop Auckland	Lab (minister)	absent
Michael Foster	Worcester	Lab	absent
Sam Galbraith	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Lab (minister)	absent
Mike Gapes	Ilford South	Lab	absent
Roger Godsiff	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Lab	absent
Tommy Graham	West Renfrewshire	whilst Lab	absent
Mr Bernie Grant	Tottenham	Lab	absent
Mr Win Griffiths	Bridgend	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Bruce Grocott	Telford	Lab	absent
Mr John Gunnell	Morley and Rothwell	Lab	absent
William Hague	Richmond (Yorks)	Con (front bench)	absent
Peter Hain	Neath	Lab (minister)	absent
Philip Hammond	Runnymede and Weybridge	Con (front bench)	absent
Mike Hancock	Portsmouth South	LDem (front bench)	absent
Harriet Harman	Camberwell and Peckham	Lab (minister)	absent
Evan Harris	Oxford West and Abingdon	LDem	absent
Nick Harvey	North Devon	LDem	absent
Alan Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Deputy Speaker (front bench)	absent
Sylvia Heal	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	whilst Lab	absent
John Healey	Wentworth	Lab (minister)	absent
David Heath	Somerton and Frome	LDem (front bench)	absent
Mr Edward Heath	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con	absent
Doug Henderson	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Michael Heseltine	Henley	Con	absent
Patricia Hewitt	Leicester West	Lab	absent
Mr David Hinchliffe	Wakefield	Lab	absent
Margaret Hodge	Barking	Lab (minister)	absent
Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab	absent
Phil Hope	Corby	Lab	absent
Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab	absent
Michael Howard	Folkestone and Hythe	Con (front bench)	absent
Lindsay Hoyle	Chorley	Lab (minister)	absent
Beverley Hughes	Stretford and Urmston	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr John Hume	Foyle	SDLP	absent
Mr Alan Hurst	Braintree	Lab	absent
Eric Illsley	Barnsley Central	Lab	absent
Adam Ingram	East Kilbride	Lab (minister)	absent
Mrs Helen Jackson	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Lab	absent
Robert Jackson	Wantage	Con	absent
Alan Johnson	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Lab	absent
Fiona Jones	Newark	Lab	absent
Helen Jones	Warrington North	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones	Ynys Môn	PC	absent
Ms Jenny Jones	Wolverhampton South West	Lab	absent
Mr Nigel Jones	Cheltenham	LDem (front bench)	absent
Tessa Jowell	Dulwich and West Norwood	Lab (minister)	absent
Ann Keen	Brentford and Isleworth	Lab	absent
Paul Keetch	Hereford	LDem	absent
Ruth Kelly	Bolton West	Lab	absent
Fraser Kemp	Houghton and Washington East	Lab	absent
Robert Key	Salisbury	Con	absent
Peter Kilfoyle	Liverpool, Walton	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Andy King	Rugby and Kenilworth	Lab	absent
Mr Tom King	Bridgwater	Con (front bench)	absent
Andrew Lansley	South Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	absent
Bob Laxton	Derby North	Lab	absent
Ivan Lewis	Bury South	Lab	absent
Mrs Helen Liddell	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab (minister)	absent
Peter Lilley	Hitchin and Harpenden	Con (front bench)	absent
Ken Livingstone	Brent East	whilst Lab	absent
Tony Lloyd	Manchester Central	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr David Lock	Wyre Forest	Lab	absent
Michael Lord	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Deputy Speaker (front bench)	absent
Andrew MacKinlay	Thurrock	Lab	absent
Mr Robert Maclennan	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem (front bench)	absent
Denis MacShane	Rotherham	Lab	absent
Mr David Madel	South West Bedfordshire	Con	absent
Mr Ken Maginnis	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	UUP	absent
Mrs Alice Mahon	Halifax	Lab	absent
Mr John Major	Huntingdon	Con	absent
Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con	absent
Mr Seamus Mallon	Newry and Armagh	SDLP	absent
Mr Peter Mandelson	Hartlepool	Lab (minister)	absent
John Maples	Stratford-on-Avon	Con (front bench)	absent
Dr John Marek	Wrexham	Lab	absent
Mr Paul Marsden	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Lab	absent
Robert Marshall-Andrews	Medway	Lab	absent
Michael Martin	Glasgow Springburn	whilst Deputy Speaker (front bench)	absent
Michael Mates	East Hampshire	Con	absent
Francis Maude	Horsham	Con (front bench)	absent
Dr Brian Mawhinney	North West Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	absent
Mr John Maxton	Glasgow Cathcart	Lab	absent
Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab (minister)	absent
Robert McCartney	North Down	UKUP	absent
John Martin McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	Lab	absent
Eddie McGrady	South Down	SDLP	absent
Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster	SF	absent
Anne McIntosh	Vale of York	Con	absent
Rosemary McKenna	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Lab	absent
Tony McNulty	Harrow East	Lab	absent
Mr John McWilliam	Blaydon	Lab	absent
Michael Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab (minister)	absent
Gillian Merron	Lincoln	Lab	absent
Alan Milburn	Darlington	Lab (minister)	absent
Sir John Morris	Aberavon	Lab (minister)	absent
Kali Mountford	Colne Valley	Lab	absent
Dr Mo Mowlam	Redcar	Lab (minister)	absent
Chris Mullin	Sunderland South	Lab	absent
Jim Murphy	East Renfrewshire	Lab	absent
Paul Murphy	Torfaen	Lab (minister)	absent
Doug Naysmith	Bristol North West	Lab	absent
Mr Patrick Nicholls	Teignbridge	Con	absent
Mr Bill O'Brien	Normanton	Lab	absent
Edward O'Hara	Knowsley South	Lab	absent
Mark Oaten	Winchester	LDem	absent
Bill Olner	Nuneaton	Lab	absent
Lembit Öpik	Montgomeryshire	LDem	absent
Mrs Diana Organ	Forest of Dean	Lab	absent
Ian Paisley	North Antrim	DUP (front bench)	absent
James Plaskitt	Warwick and Leamington	Lab	absent
Mr Kerry Pollard	St Albans	Lab	absent
Mr Chris Pond	Gravesham	Lab	absent
Mr Raymond Powell	Ogmore	Lab	absent
Gordon Prentice	Pendle	Lab	absent
John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab (minister)	absent
Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	Lab (minister)	absent
Ms Joyce Quin	Gateshead East and Washington West	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Lawrie Quinn	Scarborough and Whitby	Lab	absent
Mr Giles Radice	North Durham	Lab (minister)	absent
Bill Rammell	Harlow	Lab	absent
John Reid	Hamilton North and Bellshill	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr George Robertson	Hamilton South	Lab (minister)	absent
Laurence Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con (front bench)	absent
Geoffrey Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab (minister)	absent
Peter Robinson	Belfast East	DUP	absent
Mrs Barbara Roche	Hornsey and Wood Green	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Jeff Rooker	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Lab (minister)	absent
Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab	absent
Mr William Ross	East Londonderry	UUP	absent
Mr Ted Rowlands	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab (minister)	absent
Bob Russell	Colchester	LDem	absent
Martin Salter	Reading West	Lab	absent
Adrian Sanders	Torbay	LDem (front bench)	absent
Mohammad Sarwar	Glasgow Govan	Lab	absent
Mr Malcolm Savidge	Aberdeen North	Lab	absent
Mr Jonathan Sayeed	Mid Bedfordshire	Con	absent
Mr Brian Sedgemore	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	absent
Jonathan R Shaw	Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	absent
Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab	absent
Mr Robert Sheldon	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lab (minister)	absent
Richard Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con (front bench)	absent
Ms Debra Shipley	Stourbridge	Lab	absent
Clare Short	Birmingham, Ladywood	Lab (minister)	absent
Marsha Singh	Bradford West	Lab	absent
Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab	absent
Mr Chris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab (minister)	absent
Geraldine Smith	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Lab	absent
Jacqui Smith	Redditch	Lab	absent
Martin Smyth	Belfast South	UUP	absent
Caroline Spelman	Meriden	Con (front bench)	absent
John Stanley	Tonbridge and Malling	Con (front bench)	absent
Phyllis Starkey	Milton Keynes South West	Lab	absent
Mr George Stevenson	Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab	absent
Ian Stewart	Eccles	Lab	absent
Jack Straw	Blackburn	Lab (minister)	absent
Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con (front bench)	absent
Gerry Sutcliffe	Bradford South	Lab	absent
Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con	absent
John Taylor	Strangford	UUP	absent
Mr Peter Temple-Morris	Leominster	whilst Independent Conservative	absent
Gareth Thomas	Harrow West	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr William Thompson	West Tyrone	UUP	absent
Paddy Tipping	Sherwood	Lab	absent
Dr Jenny Tonge	Richmond Park	LDem (front bench)	absent
Mr John Townend	East Yorkshire	Con	absent
Rt Hon David Trimble	Upper Bann	UUP (front bench)	absent
Dr George Turner	North West Norfolk	Lab	absent
Stephen Twigg	Enfield, Southgate	Lab	absent
Keith Vaz	Leicester East	Lab	absent
Mr Cecil Walker	Belfast North	UUP	absent
Robert Wareing	Liverpool, West Derby	Lab	absent
Steve Webb	Northavon	LDem (front bench)	absent
Andrew Welsh	Angus	SNP	absent
John Whittingdale	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Con (front bench)	absent
Malcolm Wicks	Croydon North	Lab	absent
Mr Dafydd Wigley	Caernarfon	PC (front bench)	absent
Alan Williams	Swansea West	Lab	absent
Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab	absent
David Wilshire	Spelthorne	Con	absent
Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab (minister)	absent
Ann Winterton	Congleton	Con	absent
Nicholas Winterton	Macclesfield	Con	absent
Mike Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Tony Worthington	Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab (minister)	absent
Anthony D Wright	Great Yarmouth	Lab	absent
Derek Wyatt	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	absent

Delegated Legislation — Pensions — 31 Mar 1998

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