Comparison of Divisions: Climate Change Bill — Third Reading (and other amendments) — 28 Oct 2008 at 21:58 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The overwhelming majority of MPs voted to give the Climate Change Bill its Third Reading, which sends it back to the House of Lords for further deliberation.
Owing to the lack of time, a final raft of amendments were passed without a vote and with little discussion. In particular, these included Amendment 72[1] that allowed for aviation and shipping to considered when advising the carbon emissions budget,[2] and Amendment 3 which would abolish the official avenue for an excuse for not including aviation by deleting the second provision in the following clause
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The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of five years beginning with the passing of this Act --
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make provision by regulations as to the circumstances in which, and the extent to which, emissions from international aviation or international shipping are to be regarded for the purposes of this Part as emissions from sources in the United Kingdom, or
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lay before Parliament a report explaining why regulations making such provision have not been made.[3]
(This needs verification as it does not appear in the Clause 29 section in Hansard.)
Also, the target for cuts was revised from 60% to 80%,[4] which was an issue that had been lost in the House of Lords earlier in the process.[5]
The majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:[1]
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This House
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regrets the Government's recent statement[2] outlining the eligibility criteria for Gurkhas to reside in the United Kingdom;
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recognises the contribution the Gurkhas have made to the safety and freedom of the United Kingdom for the past 200 years;
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notes that more Gurkhas have laid down their lives for the United Kingdom than are estimated to want to live here;
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believes that Gurkhas who retired before 1997 should be treated fairly and in the same way as those who have retired since;
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is concerned that the Government's new guidelines will permit only a small minority of Gurkhas and their families to settle whilst preventing the vast majority;
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further believes that people who are prepared to fight and die for the United Kingdom should be entitled to live in the country; and
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calls upon the Government to withdraw its new guidelines immediately and bring forward revised proposals that extend an equal right of residence to all Gurkhas.
As a consequence, the alternative Government motion, which read:[3]
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This House
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recognises that this Government is the only one since the Second World War to allow Gurkhas and their families settlement rights to the United Kingdom;
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notes that in 2004 the Government permitted settlement rights to Gurkhas discharged since 1997, following the transfer of the Brigade HQ from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom;
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further notes that under these rules around 6,000 Gurkhas and family members have been welcomed to the UK;
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acknowledges that the court judgement of September 2008 determined that the 1997 cut-off date was fair and rational, while seeking clarification of the criteria for settlement rights for those who retired before 1997;
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further notes that on 24 April the Government published new and more generous guidelines for the settlement applications of Gurkhas who retired before 1997;
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supports this revised guidance, which will make around 10,000 Gurkhas and family members eligible to settle in the UK;
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further notes that the Government undertakes actively to inform those who may be eligible in Nepal of these changes and to review the impact of the new guidance within 12 months;
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further notes that the contribution Gurkhas have made is already recognised by pensions paid to around 25,000 Gurkhas or their widows in Nepal that allow for a good standard of living there; and
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further notes that in the year 2000 Gurkha pensions were doubled and that, earlier in April 2009, in addition to an inflationary uplift of 14 per cent., those over 80 years old received a 20 per cent. increase in their pension.
... was never voted upon.
Although this extremely rare Government defeat in an opposition day motion is not binding (has no legal force)[4] a Government minister made a statement later in the day to bring "forward the date for the determination of the outstanding applications to the end of May."[5]
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MPs for which their vote on Motion (a) was opposite to their vote on Motion (b).
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | tellno |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | tellno |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | aye |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
no |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | aye |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | aye |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | aye |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | aye |
tellno |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
tellno |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |