1) On the second anniversary of the coming into force of this Act in accordance with section 51(1) the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall establish a working group under an independent chairman which shall report on the operation of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
(2) The Chairman of the working group established under subsection (1) shall not be a Commissioner for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs or an officer of Revenue and Customs or of Her Majesty's Treasury.
(3) A report under subsection (1) shall include assessments of—
(a) the performance of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs since its establishment,
(b) the direct costs of effecting the merger,
(c) the direct cost savings achieved by the merger,
(d) whether efficiency gains have been achieved as a result of the establishment of the single revenue authority including, but not restricted to, the effects of the merger on the tax yield,
(e) the overall compliance burden, including the impact on day-to-day customer service and the experience of taxpayers in dealing with the single revenue authority,
(f) the performance of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the area of information technology and data systems,
(g) the working relationship between Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and Her Majesty's Treasury including, but not restricted to, the adequacy of arrangements for accountability,
(h) the performance of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office including, but not limited to, a cost-benefit analysis,
(i) the work undertaken preparatory to the merger, and
(j) any other area that the chairman of the working group deems appropriate.
(4) But a report under subsection (1) shall not be expected to include any assessment of—
(a) the annual performance of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs in discharging their responsibilities as tax administrators and collectors, except in so far as these have been affected by the merger, or
(b) any matter (whether relating to value for money or otherwise) that would fall to be considered by the Comptroller and Auditor General in the course of annual audit.
(5) A report under subsection (1) shall be completed within twelve months and shall be laid before the House of Commons and published.
(6) In this section "the merger" means the merger between the Commissioners of Inland Revenue and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.'.
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-
The House divided: Ayes 128, Noes 246.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | aye |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con | aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | aye |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | whilst DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab (minister) | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab | no |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | no |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Parmjit Gill | Leicester South | LDem | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | aye |
