Adoption and Children Bill — adoption only by married couples — accepted — 16 Oct 2002 at 18:38

The majority voted to state that, with respect to adoption by couples, only married couples would be allowed to adopt (single adoption was unaffected). It did this by adding the word "married" in various places throughout the Bill (this amendment was the first, and there were later consequential amendments agreed without vote as this one had been agreed with a vote).

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Lord Aberdare Conaye
Lord Ackner Crossbenchaye
Lord Acton Labno
Lord Addington LDemno
Lord Ahmed Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Alli Labno
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Lord Ampthill Crossbenchaye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)no
Baroness Anelay of St JohnsConaye
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchaye
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Baroness Ashton of UphollandLab (minister)no
Lord Astor of HeverConaye
Earl Attlee Conaye
Lord Avebury LDem (front bench)no
Lord Bach Lab (minister)no
Baroness Barker LDemtellno
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)no
Lord Beaumont of WhitleyGreenaye
Lord Bell Conaye
Lord Berkeley Labno
Lord Bernstein of CraigweilLabno
Lord Best Crossbenchno
Lord Biffen Conno
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Lord Black of CrossharbourConaye
Baroness Blackstone Lab (minister)no
Lord Blackwell Conaye
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Lord Boardman Conaye
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Lord Bragg Labno
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Lord Brightman Crossbench (front bench)no
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Lord Brooke of Sutton MandevilleConno
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Lord Burlison Labno
Lord Burnham Conaye
Lord Butterworth Conaye
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Lord Campbell of AllowayCon (front bench)no
Lord Campbell of CroyConaye
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Lord Chan Crossbenchaye
Viscount Chandos Labno
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Lord Clark of WindermereLabno
Lord Clement-Jones LDemno
Lord Clinton-Davis Lab (minister)no
Lord Cockfield Conaye
Lord Coe Conaye
Baroness Cohen of PimlicoLab (minister)no
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Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)aye
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
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Lord Corbett of Castle ValeLabno
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Lord Crathorne Conaye
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)no
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Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)no
Lord Dixon Labaye
Lord Dixon-Smith Conaye
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The Earl of DundeeCon (front bench)aye
Lord Eatwell Labno
Baroness Eccles of MoultonConaye
Lord Eden of WintonConaye
Lord Elder Lab (minister)no
Baroness Elles Conaye
Lord Elliott of MorpethConaye
Lord Elton Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Emerton Crossbench (front bench)aye
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchaye
Lord Evans of ParksideLab (minister)aye
Lord Falconer of ThorotonLab (minister)no
Viscount Falkland LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLab (minister)no
Lord Feldman Conaye
Earl Ferrers Con (front bench)aye
Lord Filkin Lab (minister)no
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbenchno
Lord Fitt Independent Socialistaye
Lord Flowers Crossbenchno
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Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)aye
Lord Fraser of CarmyllieConaye
Lord Freeman Conaye
Lord Geddes Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Gibson of Market RasenLab (minister)no
Lord Gilbert Lab (minister)no
Lord Gladwin of CleeLabno
Lord Glentoran Conaye
Baroness Golding Labno
Lord Goldsmith Lab (minister)no
Lord Goodhart LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Goudie Lab (minister)no
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonLab (minister)tellno
Lord Graham of EdmontonLab (minister)no
Lord Gray of ContinConaye
Lord Greaves LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Griffiths of FforestfachCon (front bench)aye
Lord Grocott Lab (minister)no
Baroness Hamwee LDemno
Lord Hanson Conaye
Lord Hardy of WathLabaye
Lord Harris of HaringeyLabno
Lord Harris of High CrossCrossbenchaye
Lord Harrison Labno
Lord Harris of PeckhamConaye
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)no
Lord Haskel Lab (minister)no
Lord Hayhoe Conaye
Baroness Hayman Labno
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsConaye
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Baroness Hollis of HeighamLab (minister)no
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Earl Howe Conaye
Lord Howe of AberavonCon (front bench)aye
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Lord Howie of TroonLabno
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Lord Hunt of WirralConaye
Lord Hussey of North BradleyCrossbenchaye
Lord Hylton Crossbenchaye
Lord Inge Crossbenchaye
Lord Islwyn Labaye
Lord Jacobs LDem (front bench)no
Baroness James of Holland ParkConaye
Lord Janner of BraunstoneLab (minister)no
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Baroness Jay of PaddingtonLab (minister)no
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Lord Jopling Con (front bench)aye
Lord Judd Lab (minister)no
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Lord King of West BromwichLab (minister)no
Lord Kirkham Conaye
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Lord Laing of DunphailConaye
Lord Laird UUPaye
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Lamont of LerwickCon (front bench)aye
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Lord Lea of CrondallLab (minister)no
Lord Lester of Herne HillLDem (front bench)no
The Earl of LindsayConaye
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Lord Lloyd of BerwickCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Lofthouse of PontefractLabaye
Lord Lucas Conno
Lord Luke Con (front bench)aye
Lord Macdonald of TradestonLab (minister)no
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)aye
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)aye
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabno
Lord MacLaurin of KnebworthConaye
Lord Maclennan of RogartLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Maddock LDemno
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassUUPaye
Lord Mancroft Con (front bench)aye
The Earl of Mar and KellieLDem (front bench)no
Lord Marlesford Conaye
Lord Marsh Crossbenchno
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbenchaye
Lord Mason of BarnsleyLabaye
Baroness Massey of DarwenLab (minister)no
Lord McColl of DulwichCon (front bench)aye
Baroness McFarlane of LlandaffCrossbenchaye
Lord McIntosh of HaringeyLab (minister)no
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)no
Lord McNally LDem (front bench)no
Lord Merlyn-Rees Labno
Lord Methuen LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Miller of HendonConaye
Lord Milner of LeedsLabaye
Lord Mishcon Labaye
Lord Molyneaux of KilleadCrossbenchaye
Lord Monro of LangholmConaye
Lord Monson Crossbenchaye
Lord Montagu of BeaulieuConno
Lord Moran Crossbenchaye
Lord Morgan Lab (minister)no
Baroness Morgan of HuytonLabno
Lord Morris of ManchesterLabno
Lord Mowbray and Stourton Conaye
Lord Murton of LindisfarneConaye
Lord Naseby Conaye
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchaye
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Noakes Conaye
Lord Nolan Crossbenchaye
Lord Northbourne Crossbenchaye
Baroness Northover LDemno
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)tellaye
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove BayLDem (front bench)no
Lord Oliver of AylmertonCrossbenchaye
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Con (front bench)aye
Lord Orme Labaye
Lord Owen Crossbenchaye
Lord Oxburgh Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Park of MonmouthConaye
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel of BlackburnLabaye
Earl Peel Conaye
Lord Pendry Labno
Lord Perry of WaltonLDemno
Lord Peston Lab (minister)no
Lord Peyton of YeovilConaye
Lord Pilkington of OxenfordCon (front bench)aye
Lord Plant of HighfieldLabno
Baroness Platt of WrittleCon (front bench)aye
Lord Plummer of St MaryleboneConaye
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbenchaye
Lord Prior Conaye
Lord Prys-Davies Lab (minister)no
Lord Pym Conaye
Lord Quirk Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Radice Labno
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLabno
Lord Randall of St BudeauxLabaye
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)aye
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)no
Lord Reay Conaye
Lord Redesdale LDemno
Baroness Rendell of BaberghLab (minister)no
Lord Rennard LDemno
Lord Renton Conaye
Lord Richard Labno
Baroness Richardson of CalowCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Roberts of ConwyConaye
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDem (front bench)no
Lord Rogan UUPaye
Lord Roll of IpsdenCrossbenchno
Lord Roper LDem (front bench)no
Lord Rotherwick Conaye
Earl Russell LDemno
Lord Russell-Johnston LDemno
Lord Ryder of WensumConaye
Lord Saatchi Conaye
Lord Sainsbury of TurvilleLab (minister)no
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Sandberg LDemno
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Sawyer Labno
Baroness Scotland of AsthalLab (minister)no
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDemno
Baroness Seccombe Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Sharp of GuildfordLDemno
Baroness Sharples Conaye
Lord Shaw of NorthsteadConaye
Lord Sheldon Labno
The Earl of ShrewsburyConaye
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)no
Viscount Simon Lab (minister)aye
Lord Skelmersdale Con (front bench)aye
Viscount Slim Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Smith of CliftonLDemno
Baroness Smith of GilmorehillLabno
Lord St John of FawsleyConno
Lord Stevens of LudgateConaye
Lord Stewartby Conaye
Lord Stodart of LeastonConaye
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labouraye
Lord Stone of BlackheathLab (minister)no
Lord Strabolgi Labaye
Baroness Strange Crossbenchaye
Lord Strathclyde Con (front bench)aye
Lord Sutherland of HoundwoodCrossbenchaye
Lord Swinfen Conaye
Lord Tanlaw Crossbenchno
Lord Taverne LDemno
Lord Taylor of BlackburnLabno
Lord Taylor of WarwickConaye
Lord Tebbit Conaye
Lord Temple-Morris Labno
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Thatcher Conaye
Lord Thomas of GwydirConaye
Baroness Thomas of WalliswoodLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Thornton Labno
Lord Tombs Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Tomlinson Lab (minister)no
Lord Tope LDemno
Lord Trefgarne Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Trumpington Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Turner of CamdenLabno
Baroness Uddin Labaye
Lord Vinson Con (front bench)aye
Lord Waddington Con (front bench)aye
Lord Wade of ChorltonCon (front bench)aye
Lord Wakeham Conaye
Lord Walker of DoncasterLabaye
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Walmsley LDem (front bench)no
Lord Walpole Crossbenchaye
Lord Warner Labno
Lord Watson of RichmondLDemno
Lord Weatherill Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonLabno
Lord Whitty Lab (minister)no
Lord Wilberforce Crossbenchaye
Baroness Wilcox Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Wilkins Lab (minister)no
Lord Williams of MostynLab (minister)no
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)aye
The Bishop of WinchesterBishopaye
Lord Winston Lab (minister)no
Lord Wolfson Conaye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLabno
Lord Wright of RichmondCrossbenchno

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