Fire Services Bill — Clause 1 — Powers of the Secretary of State — 12 Nov 2003 at 15:00

I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

The amendment is intended to clarify the consultation arrangements for directions about property or facilities made under the power in clause 1(1)(b), which allows the Secretary of State to give directions to fire authorities about the

I beg to move amendment (a) to the Lords amendment, in line 6, at end, add

'or enables an action in tort on the ground only that it contravenes a statutory duty imposed by an order made under this Act, which would affect the possibility of mediation, conciliation or arbitration.'

Question put, That the amendment to the Lords amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 85, Noes 412.

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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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

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

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con139 0085.3%
Ind1 0050.0%
Lab271 (+2 tell) 39 (+2 tell)177.2%
LDem0 41075.9%
PC0 40100.0%
UUP1 0033.3%
Total:412 84179.0%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabaye
Mr Nigel BeardBexleyheath and CrayfordLabaye
Dr Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLabaye
Mr Llew SmithBlaenau GwentLabaye
Mr Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
Mr Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabaye
Mr Colin BurgonElmetLabaye
Mr Michael ConnartyFalkirk EastLabaye
Dr Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabaye
Mr Ian DavidsonGlasgow PollokLabaye
Mr Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLabaye
Miss Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabaye
Mr Brian SedgemoreHackney South and ShoreditchLabaye
Mr Iain ColemanHammersmith and FulhamLabaye
Mr John McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Mr Andrew DismoreHendonLabaye
Mr John CryerHornchurchLabaye
Mr Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabtellaye
Mrs Ann CryerKeighleyLabaye
Mr Phil SawfordKetteringLabaye
Mr Kevin McNamaraKingston upon Hull NorthLabaye
Mr George MudieLeeds EastLabaye
Dr Jim MarshallLeicester SouthLabaye
Mr Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabaye
Mr Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLabtellaye
Mr Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabaye
Mr Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabaye
Mr David HamiltonMidlothianLabaye
Ms Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLabaye
Mr Colin ChallenMorley and RothwellLabaye
Mr Jim CousinsNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLabaye
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabaye
Mr Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Ms Helen ClarkPeterboroughLabaye
Mr Mark HendrickPrestonLabboth
Mr Andy KingRugby and KenilworthLabaye
Ms Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLabaye
Mr David DrewStroudLabaye
Mr Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabaye
Mr Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabaye
Mr David WinnickWalsall NorthLabaye
Mr Neil GerrardWalthamstowLabaye

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