AMENDMENT TO COMMONS AMENDMENT No.14 — 3 Apr 2003 at 13:18

Baroness Rendell of Babergh voted with the majority (Not-Content).

14C Line 31, at end insert-

"(3) The Secretary of State shall not make an order under subsection (2) until acts of completion have occurred.

(4) In subsection (3), "acts of completion" means-

(a) that the decommissioning of firearms, ammunition and explosives held by one of the organisations specified under Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000 has occurred and has been verified under section 3 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 by the Commission;

(b) there has been a statement from that organisation ordering the termination of acts of paramilitary violence by that organisation, including-

(i) shootings;

(ii) beatings;

(iii) threats;

(iv) intimidations; and

(c) there has been a statement from that organisation removing any threats to those who left their homes due to intimidation by that organisation.

(5) The Secretary of State may by order add further acts to those listed in subsection (4) above."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 14C) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 91; Not-Contents, 139.

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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con0 76 (+1 tell)35.5%
Crossbench8 99.9%
Independent Socialist0 1100.0%
Lab102 (+2 tell) 053.6%
LDem27 041.5%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:137 8734.9%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchno
Lord Boston of FavershamCrossbenchno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbenchno
Lord Hylton Crossbenchno
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbenchno
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)no

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