Amendment proposed: No. 2, in page 2, line 40, leave out "four years" and insert "eighteen months".-- [Miss Widdecombe.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:--
The Committee divided: Ayes 152, Noes 208.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Mrs Teresa Gorman | Billericay | Con | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | no |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | no |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Mr Richard Body | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tom King | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | no |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | no |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Brooke | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | no |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | no |
| Mr William Ross | East Londonderry | UUP | aye |
| John Home Robertson | East Lothian | Lab | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Townend | East Yorkshire | Con | aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | no |
| Donald Gorrie | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Archie Hamilton | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sir Peter Lloyd | Fareham | Con | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | aye |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | tellaye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | no |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Christopher Fraser | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Nicholas Lyell | North East Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | no |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | no |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | no |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | no |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | aye |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John MacGregor | South Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | no |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | no |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | no |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | Con | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Wealden | Con | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Snape | West Bromwich East | Lab | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | no |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Ray Whitney | Wycombe | Con | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
