Identity Cards Bill — Report of Costs and Benefits — 16 Jan 2006 at 17:22
The majority of the House of Lords voted to add a new provision[1] to the Identity Cards Bill which would have said:[2]
- Before the Identity Cards laws can be enforced, the Government must publish a detailed report stating all the costs of the system since 2004 and a cost estimate by year for the next ten years, and a statement of the expected benefits of the system.
The majority of MPs in the House of Commons subsequently voted to remove this requirement from the proposed law.[3]
- [1] Baroness Noakes, House of Lords, 16 January 2006
- [2] Commencement: Report on costs and benefits, Identity Cards Bill, Clause 44
- [3] Report of Costs and Benefits - rejected, House of Commons, 13 February 2006
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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
| Con | 121 | 0 | 57.6% |
| Crossbench | 42 | 7 | 26.6% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 0 | 1 | 10.0% |
| Lab | 5 | 145 | 70.4% |
| LDem | 60 | 0 | 81.1% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 231 | 154 | 53.5% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.