Orders of the Day — New Clause 24 — Responsibility for children in care who enter custody — 8 Oct 2008 at 17:45

'In section 20 of the 1989 Act after subsection (11), insert-

"(12) Where a child was accommodated by the local authority under this section immediately before being detained, the child shall continue to be deemed a "looked after child" for the purposes of section 23(1)(b) and section 24 of this Act save for the provision of accommodation."

(13) In this section "detained" means detained in a remand centre, a young offenders institution or a secure training centre, or any other institution pursuant to an order of a court."

In section 22 of the 1989 Act after subsection (1)(b), insert-

"(c) deemed to be looked after in accordance with section 20(12)."'.- [Tim Loughton.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 198, Noes 289.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 136 (+2 tell)071.5%
DUP0 5055.6%
Independent1 2060.0%
Lab288 (+2 tell) 0083.1%
LDem0 51081.0%
PC0 30100.0%
UKIP0 10100.0%
Total:289 198078.8%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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