Government Resources and Accounts Bill — 4 Jul 2000 at 17:27

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

moved Amendment No. 11:

After Clause 7, insert the following new clause--

:TITLE3:PERFORMANCE STATEMENTS

(" .--(1) This section applies to any government department which is required to prepare resource accounts under section 5.

(2) A department to which this section applies in any financial year shall prepare a performance statement in respect of that year analysing the performance of the department in using the resources to which the accounts relate in achieving its objectives for that financial year.

(3) A department shall send its performance statement to the Comptroller and Auditor General with the resource accounts sent to him under section 5, or at such other time as the Comptroller and Auditor General may specify in respect of that statement.

(4) The Comptroller and Auditor General may examine any performance statement which he receives from a department under subsection (2) and may report on it to the House of Commons.

(5) Subsection (4) shall not entitle the Comptroller and Auditor General to question the merits of the policy objectives of a department to which the performance statement relates.").

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 11) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 99; Not-Contents, 176.

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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 93 (+2 tell)40.8%
Crossbench9 37.3%
Green1 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Independent Socialist1 0100.0%
Lab134 (+2 tell) 068.3%
LDem27 043.5%
Total:173 9641.3%

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NamePartyVote
Lord Brabazon of TaraCrossbenchaye
Baroness Hylton-Foster Crossbenchaye
Lord MacKay of ArdbrecknishCrossbench (front bench)aye

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