Legal Services Bill [HL] — 25 Oct 2007 at 12:15

Baroness Rendell of Babergh voted with the majority (Not-Content).

Page 121, line 6, leave out "with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice"
Page 121, line 10, leave out "with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice"
Page 121, line 12, at end insert-
"( ) Before appointing an ordinary member, the Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice about the process for appointment of the member and about the person selected for appointment."
Page 121, line 16, leave out "and Lord Chief Justice"
Page 122, line 17, leave out "and Lord Chief Justice"
Page 123, line 6, leave out "with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice"
Page 123, line 8, leave out "and Lord Chief Justice"
Page 123, line 11, leave out "and Lord Chief Justice are" and insert "is"
Page 123, line 21, leave out sub-paragraph (5)
Page 123, line 23, leave out "the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice remove" and insert "removing"
Page 123, line 24, leave out from "member" to end of line 25 and insert "under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the Lord Chancellor must consult-

(a) the Lord Chief Justice, and(b) if the ordinary member is not the chairman, the chairman."

Page 123, line 26, leave out "and Lord Chief Justice"

rose to move, as an amendment to Motion C, leave out from "House" to end, and insert, "do insist on its disagreement to Commons Amendments Nos. 74 to 77 and 81 to 88, do disagree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 88B and 88C and 88E to 88M, do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 88D, and do propose Amendment No. 88N as an amendment thereto-

Leave out lines 3 and 4 and insert "obtain the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice".

On Question, Whether the said Motion (No. C1) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 70; Not-Contents, 111.

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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.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con1 42.4%
Crossbench6 20 (+2 tell)14.8%
Lab99 (+2 tell) 045.5%
LDem0 4455.7%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:107 6825.6%

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

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NamePartyVote
Baroness Fookes Con (front bench)no
Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchno
Lord Boston of FavershamCrossbenchno
Baroness Murphy Crossbenchno
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Rix Crossbenchno
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonCrossbenchno

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