Home Affairs and Constitution — 27 Jun 2001 at 21:40

Mr Brian Sedgemore MP, Hackney South and Shoreditch voted with the majority (No).

I beg to move, as an amendment to the Address, at the end of the Question to add:

'But humbly regret that the Gracious Speech does not contain the Bills on victims' rights and reform of the licensing laws promised in the Government's manifesto, nor any measures to make prisons more purposeful, to improve the asylum system to ensure that the United Kingdom fulfils its obligations to genuine refugees, and to introduce honesty in sentencing; note that the Gracious Speech makes no mention of the cuts in police numbers that have occurred since 1997 and the crisis in police morale; further regret that the Government has failed to outline detailed proposals to alter the procedures or composition of either House of Parliament, and failed to guarantee suitable opportunities for the participation of all political parties in any consideration about the future of Parliament; further note that the Gracious Speech contains no plans to increase the democratic accountability of Her Majesty's Government and its servants, and makes no reference to the need to address the problems caused by the increased diminution of the authority of this place since 1997 and of the falling participation rates in national elections; and further regret that the Government intends to introduce ratification of the Nice Treaty without allowing the people an opportunity to express their views in a referendum.'.

Question put, That the amendment be made:--

The House divided: Ayes 150, Noes 403.

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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 149 (+2 tell)092.1%
DUP3 0060.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab341 (+2 tell) 0083.5%
LDem50 0096.2%
PC3 0075.0%
SNP5 00100.0%
UUP0 1016.7%
Total:403 150086.0%

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