Terrorism Bill — 20 Jun 2000 at 17:50

Baroness Rendell of Babergh voted with the majority (Not-Content).

Resolved in the negative, and amendment disagreed to accordingly.

moved Amendment No. 21.

After Clause 64, insert the following new clause--

:TITLE3:FORFEITURE ORDERS: OFFENCES UNDER THIS PART

(" .--(1) This section applies if a person is charged with an offence under this Part.

(2) The court by or before which the person is convicted may order the forfeiture of any money or other property if--

(a) he had it in his possession or under his control at the time of the offence, and

(b) it has been used in connection with the alleged offence under this Part or the court believes that it may be used in that connection unless it is forfeited.

(3) Before making an order under this section the court must give an opportunity to be heard to any person, other than the convicted person, who claims to be the owner of or otherwise interested in anything which can be forfeited under this section.

(4) A question arising as to whether subsection (1) or (2)(a) or (b) is satisfied shall be determined on the balance of probabilities.

(5) Schedule 4 shall apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to orders under this section as it applies in relation to orders made under section 23.").

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 21) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 81; Not-Contents, 156.

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

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con0 69 (+2 tell)30.6%
Crossbench2 96.7%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab128 (+2 tell) 065.3%
LDem23 037.1%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:154 7936.0%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Currie of MaryleboneCrossbenchno
Lord Hylton Crossbenchno

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