Banking (Special Provisions) Bill — Independent audits — 21 Feb 2008 at 14:01
The Banking (Special Provisions) Bill enables the Treasury to transfer the property, rights and liabilities of a bank, building society or any other "authorised UK deposit-taker" to a corporate body of its choosing.[1]
The majority (in the House of Lords) voted to require that an independent audit be completed within three months of the transfer, and at least annually thereafter.[2]
- [1] Transfer of property, rights and liabilities, Clause 6 of Banking (Special Provisions) Bill, House of Lords version.
- [1] Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, House of Lords, 21 February 2008.
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 | 1 | 1 | 8.0% |
Con | 88 (+1 tell) | 0 | 43.2% |
Crossbench | 21 | 9 | 16.0% |
Lab | 0 | 126 (+2 tell) | 57.7% |
LDem | 37 (+1 tell) | 0 | 47.5% |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Total: | 148 | 136 | 39.8% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.