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