Armed Forces Bill (Programme) — Select Committee — 9 Jan 2001

Jim Dobbin MP, Heywood and Middleton voted with the majority (Aye).

Resolved,

That the following provisions shall apply to the Armed Forces Bill:

1. The Bill shall be committed to a Select Committee.

2. The Select Committee shall report the Bill to the House on or before Thursday 15th March.

ARMED FORCES BILL (COMMITTEE)

I beg to move,

That Rachel Squire, Mr. John Spellar, Dr Lewis Moonie, Mr. David Clelland, Mr. Dave Watts, Ms Dari Taylor, Mr. David Crausby, Mr. Robert Key, Mr. Quentin Davies, Mr. John Randall and Mr. Paul Keetch be members of the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill.

That three be the quorum of the Committee.

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records.

That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place.

That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place.

adjourns from place to place.

adjourn from place to place

In response to popular demand, I beg to move the manuscript amendment, in line 7, at end add

That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers, either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity relating to the provisions of the Armed Forces Bill.

Question put, That the Question be now put--

The House divided: Ayes 177, Noes 72.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 62 (+2 tell)040.0%
Lab177 (+2 tell) 0042.9%
LDem0 10021.3%
Total:177 72040.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division

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