Extradition Bill — 27 Oct 2003 at 16:24
Baroness O'Cathain voted with the majority (Content).
[Amendment No. 67 not moved.]
Clause 19 [Earlier extradition to United Kingdom from non-category 1 territory]:
[Amendment No. 68 not moved.]
Clause 20 [Case where person has been convicted]:
moved Amendment No. 69:
Page 10, leave out lines 9 to 26 and insert "whether the person was convicted in his presence.
(2) If the judge decides the question in subsection (1) in the affirmative he must proceed under section 21.
(3) If the judge decides that question in the negative he must decide whether the person deliberately absented himself from his trial.
(4) If the judge decides the question in subsection (3) in the affirmative he must proceed under section 21.
(5) If the judge decides that question in the negative he must decide whether the person would be entitled to a retrial or (on appeal) to a review amounting to a retrial.
(6) If the judge decides the question in subsection (5) in the affirmative he must proceed under section 21.
(7) If the judge decides that question in the negative he must order the person's discharge."
moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 69, Amendment No. 70:
Line 15, at end insert-
"(8) For the purposes of subsection (5), the judge should not regard as a retrial or (on appeal) a review amounting to a retrial, any proceedings that do not in particular include provision for-
(a) the suspect to be present at the retrial;
(b) the suspect to have like rights to hear and examine witnesses as he would have done at the original trial;
(c) the suspect to have the same right to publicly funded legal services as any suspect or defendant."
On Question, Whether Amendment No. 70, as an amendment to Amendment No. 69, shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 127; Not-Contents, 113.
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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
Con | 73 (+2 tell) | 0 | 35.0% |
Crossbench | 18 | 5 | 13.5% |
Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Socialist | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 105 (+2 tell) | 55.7% |
LDem | 32 | 0 | 50.0% |
Total: | 125 | 111 | 37.3% |
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 |
Baroness Boothroyd | Crossbench | no |
Lord Chorley | Crossbench | no |
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Marsh | Crossbench | no |
Lord Roll of Ipsden | Crossbench | no |