Water Bill [HL] — 12 Jun 2003 at 18:21
Lord Berkeley was absent
moved Amendment No. 31:
Page 31, line 24, at end insert-
"(4C) Whenever the Secretary of State determines that compensation should not be paid under this section in respect of the variation of a licence on the grounds set out in subsection (4A) above, the holder of the licence may dispute the determination by referring the dispute to the arbitration of a single arbitrator.
(4D) When a dispute is referred to arbitration under subsection (4C) above-
(a) the arbitrator shall take into account any representations that the Secretary of State, the Environment Agency or the Authority may wish to submit to him; and
(b) in making his award the arbitrator may confirm, revoke or vary the whole of the Secretary of State's determination, or any part of the determination whether the reference relates to that part of the determination or not.""
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 31) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 40; Not-Contents, 84.
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.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 31 (+2 tell) | 15.3% |
Crossbench | 3 | 6 | 5.2% |
Lab | 79 (+2 tell) | 0 | 42.0% |
LDem | 0 | 1 | 1.5% |
Total: | 82 | 38 | 19.2% |
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
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Boston of Faversham | Crossbench | no |
Lord Elis-Thomas | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | no |