European Union Bill — Inconsequential wording change : supporting to permitting — 8 Jun 2011 at 18:25
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to make an inconsequential change to the wording of the European Union Bill[1].
The majority of Contents agreed to make the following amendment to Clause 1 of the European Union Bill[2]:
‘leave out out "supporting" and insert "permitting"’ from this text:
'A reference to a Minister of the Crown voting in favour of or otherwise supporting a decision is a reference to a Minister of the Crown voting in favour of or otherwise supporting the decision in the European Council or the Council.'
Clause 1 offers explanatory notes that aid the understanding and intended meaning of terms used in Part 1 of the bill.
The debate reveals the amendment was proposed "in a purely formal way", in an effort to seek reassurances, so apparently was not intended to be, and doesn't appear to be, substantive.
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 | Contents | Not-Contents | Turnout |
| Con | 5 | 143 (+1 tell) | 67.1% |
| Crossbench | 47 (+1 tell) | 7 | 28.9% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 153 (+1 tell) | 0 | 61.8% |
| LDem | 6 | 59 (+1 tell) | 68.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 213 | 213 | 55.9% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.