Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — 30 Apr 2008 at 17:25

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

Clause 42 <[i>Power of Court of Appeal to disregard developments in the law: Northern Ireland]:

moved Amendment No. 12:

Clause 42, leave out Clause 42 and insert the following new Clause-
"Power to dismiss certain appeals following references by the CCRC: Northern Ireland
After section 13A of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47) insert-

"Appeals following references by the CCRC

13B Power to dismiss certain appeals following references by the CCRC
(1) This section applies where there is an appeal under this Part following a reference by the Criminal Cases Review Commission under section 10(1)(a), (6) or (7) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 or section 1(1) of the Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act 1999.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in section 2, 12 or 13A of this Act, the Court of Appeal may dismiss the appeal if-

(a) the only ground for allowing it would be that there has been a development in the law since the date of the conviction, verdict or finding that is the subject of the appeal, and(b) the condition in subsection (3) is met.

(3) The condition in this subsection is that if-

(a) the reference had not been made, but(b) the appellant had made (and had been entitled to make) an application for an extension of time within which to seek leave to appeal on the ground of the development in the law,the Court would not think it appropriate to grant the application by exercising the power conferred by section 16(2).""

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 62 <[i>Possession of extreme pornographic images]:

moved Amendment No. 13:

Clause 62, page 49, line 31, leave out paragraph (b) and insert-

"(b) is obscene as defined by section 1 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 (c. 66) (test of obscenity)."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 13) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 91; Not-Contents, 134.

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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 115.9%
Crossbench15 2320.3%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Lab110 (+2 tell) 552.7%
LDem0 47 (+2 tell)61.3%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:127 8731.3%

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 Knight of CollingtreeConno
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Lord Browne of MadingleyCrossbenchno
Lord Elis-Thomas Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchno
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Lord Harries of PentregarthCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Joffe Crossbenchno
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Meacher Crossbenchno
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchno
Lord Nickson Crossbenchno
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbenchno
Lord Stevens of KirkwhelpingtonCrossbenchno
Lord Sutherland of HoundwoodCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLab (minister)aye
Lord Haworth Labaye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
Lord Maxton Lab (minister)aye
Lord McIntosh of HaringeyLabaye
Lord Laird UUPaye

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