Gambling Bill — 10 Mar 2005 at 17:51

Baroness Rendell of Babergh voted in the minority (Not-Content).

moved Amendments Nos. 7 and 8:

Page 3, line 4, leave out "and"
Page 3, line 6, at end insert ", and

(c) the nature, adaptation or presentation of the facilities is such that-

(i) they cannot reasonably be expected to be used for purposes other than gambling, or

(ii) they are intended to be used wholly or mainly for gambling.

(4) The Secretary of State may by order, for the purposes of subsection (3)(c)-

(a) provide that facilities of a specified nature, or adapted or presented in a specified way, cannot reasonably be expected to be used for purposes other than gambling;

(b) provide that facilities of a specified nature, or adapted or presented in a specified way, can reasonably be expected to be used for purposes other than gambling;

(c) specify criteria by which it is to be determined whether facilities can reasonably be expected to be used for purposes other than gambling;

(d) provide that facilities of a specified nature, or adapted or presented in a specified way, shall be taken as being intended to be used wholly or mainly for gambling;

(e) provide that facilities of a specified nature, or adapted or presented in a specified way, shall be taken as not being intended to be used wholly or mainly for gambling;

(f) specify criteria by which it is to be determined whether facilities are intended to be used wholly or mainly for gambling."

On Question, amendments agreed to.

Clause 5, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 6 agreed to.

<[i>Amendment No. 9 not moved.]

Clause 7 <[i>Casino]:

moved Amendment No. 10:

Page 3, line 42, at end insert-

"( ) In this Act "casino premises" means premises in respect of which a casino premises licence has been granted under section 148(1)(a)."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 10) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 123; Not-Contents, 105.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

Public Whip is run as a free not-for-profit service. If you'd like to support us, please consider switching your (UK) electricity and/or gas to Octopus Energy or tip us via Ko-Fi.

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.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Con66 (+2 tell) 133.0%
Crossbench9 57.9%
Green1 0100.0%
Lab1 96 (+2 tell)48.3%
LDem42 060.9%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:120 10234.1%

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Wade of ChorltonCon (front bench)no
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of ErrollCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Weatherill Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Layard Lab (minister)aye

About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive