Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] — 29 Oct 2008 at 17:55
Commons Amendment No. 2
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"(4A) A licence cannot authorise keeping or using a human admixed embryo in any circumstances in which regulations prohibit its keeping or use."
moved, as an amendment to the Motion, Amendment No. 2A:
Line 3, at end insert "or in any circumstances where the purposes of the proposed research can be achieved by any method not entailing the use of human admixed embryos."
On Question, Whether Amendment No. 2A, as an amendment to Commons Amendment No. 2, shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 39; Not-Contents, 202.
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 (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
| Con | 21 | 19 (+1 tell) | 19.9% |
| Ind Lab | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 113 (+2 tell) | 5 | 55.3% |
| LDem | 34 | 3 | 48.7% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 (+1 tell) | 66.7% |
| Crossbench | 31 | 8 | 20.5% |
| Total: | 200 | 37 | 33.6% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.