House of Lords Bill — Criteria for conferment of life peerage (No. 3) — 4 Mar 1999

Mr Bill Michie MP, Sheffield, Heeley voted with the majority (No).

Considered in Committee [Progress, 3 March].

(a) to review the salaries and expenses paid to members of the House of Lords; and

(b) to detail the costs of their recommendations.

(2) The Secretary of State shall lay the final report of the Senior Salaries Review Board before each House of Parliament.'.-- [Mr. Evans.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question proposed [3 March], That the clause be read a Second time.

Question again proposed.

Question put and negatived.

Brought up, and read the First time.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

The Chairman:

With this, it will be convenient to discuss new clause 51-- Claims of peerage and precedence --

Motion and clause, by leave, withdrawn.

(2) The declaration shall indicate a willingness to participate in--

(a) the consideration of Bills and draft statutory instruments,

(b) the study of European Community obligations of the United Kingdom,

(c) the scrutiny of Ministers of the Crown, and

(d) the work of select committees.'.-- [Dr. Fox.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

The Chairman:

With this, it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 25-- Criteria for conferment of life peerage (No. 2) --

Motion and clause, by leave, withdrawn.

(2) Any such declaration shall be ineffective at the end of the Parliament in which it is made.

(3) Subsection (2) shall not prevent a further declaration being made at any time.

(4) The declaration shall indicate a willingness to participate in--

(a) the consideration of Bills and draft statutory instruments,

(b) the study of European Community obligations of the United Kingdom,

(c) the scrutiny of Ministers of the Crown, and

(d) the work of select committees.'.-- [Dr. Fox.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:--

The Committee divided: Ayes 104, Noes 288.

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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.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 107 (+2 tell)067.3%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab273 (+2 tell) 0065.9%
LDem14 0030.4%
Total:288 107063.7%

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