Child Benefit Bill — New Clause 1 — Regulations made by the Treasury: qualifying courses — 3 Feb 2005 at 16:15
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | whilst Con (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 |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | 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 |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | 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 |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | aye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | 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 |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | 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 |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| 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 |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Parmjit Gill | Leicester South | LDem | aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP (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) | tellaye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | no |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | no |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Lab (front bench) | 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 |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | 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) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | 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 |
