Treason Felony, Act of Settlement and Parliamentary Oath — 19 Dec 2001 at 17:25
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848 in order to establish that it is no longer an offence to express an opinion in favour of republicanism or advocating the abolition of the monarchy; to amend the Act of Settlement to provide that persons in communion with the Roman Catholic church are able to succeed to the Crown; to amend the law relating to the parliamentary oath; and for connected purposes.
Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-
The House divided: Ayes 170, Noes 32.
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| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
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| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | no |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Con | no |
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| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con | no |
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| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con | no |
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| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | tellno |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
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| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | aye |
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| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
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| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | tellaye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Daisley | Brent East | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
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| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
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| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
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| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
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| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
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| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
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| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem | aye |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP | aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP | aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Pete Wishart | North Tayside | SNP (front bench) | aye |
