Coroners and Justice Bill — Remove powers of Lord Chancellor to Suspend a Coroner's Inquest — rejected — 11 Nov 2009 at 17:31
Lord Rix was absent
The majority Not-Contents rejected an amendment[1] to the Coroners and Justice Bill. This amendment would have removed the powers given to the Lord Chancellor (a government minister), under this Bill, to suspend a coroner's inquest. However, it was defeated.
The main provisions of the Coroners and Justice Bill were to[2]:
- Allow secret inquests although the Lord Chief Justice can veto requests for private inquests and decide who the judge is
- Prevent criminals from profiting from publications about their crimes
- Allow courts to grant anonymity to vulnerable or intimidated witnesses as long as this still ensured a fair trial
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- [1] Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer, 11 November 2009, House of Lords
- [2] Wikipedia entry, Retrieved on 2010-02-07
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 | 2 | 0 | 8.3% |
Con | 2 | 1 | 1.6% |
Crossbench | 44 | 13 | 30.5% |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 117 (+2 tell) | 0 | 54.8% |
LDem | 0 | 51 (+2 tell) | 70.7% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 33.3% |
Total: | 168 | 67 | 34.0% |
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
Name | Party | Vote |
The Earl of Onslow | Con (front bench) | aye |
Viscount Allenby of Megiddo | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Broers | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Craig of Radley | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Dear | Crossbench | aye |
The Earl of Erroll | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord May of Oxford | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Ramsbotham | Crossbench | aye |
Lady Saltoun of Abernethy | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
The Earl of Stair | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | UUP | no |