Business of the House — 20 Jul 2009 at 23:19
I beg to move amendment (a), line 3, at end insert-
'( ) arrangements for Ministers who are members of the House of Lords to respond in this House to questions for oral answer and to pilot legislative proposals through this House on matters within their Ministerial responsibilities.'.
Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put.
The House divided: Ayes 218, Noes 41.
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| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab | aye |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | aye |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | aye |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
