Financial Services Bill — Clause 3 — Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee — To Have Regard To Government Policy and Objectives — 23 Apr 2012 at 22:12

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted against requiring the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee to have regard to the government's economic policy and objectives for growth and employment when fulfilling its role contributing to UK financial stability.

The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee to have regard to the government's economic policy and objectives for growth and employment when fulfilling its role contributing to UK financial stability.

MPs were considering the Financial Services Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment proposed: 22, page 3, line 37, after ‘functions’, insert—
  • ‘having regard to the economic policy of Her Majesty’s Government, including its objectives for growth and employment’.

Had it not been rejected this amendment would have taken effect on Clause 3 of the Bill[2] and in particular an element titled Objectives of the Financial Policy Committee, a committee of the court of directors of the Bank of England which the Bill provided for. The section the amendment would have affected stated:

  • The Financial Policy Committee is to exercise its functions with a view to contributing to the achievement by the Bank of the Financial Stability Objective.

The responsibility of the committee is described in the clause as being "the identification of, monitoring of, and taking of action to remove or reduce, systemic risks with a view to protecting and enhancing the resilience of the UK financial system."

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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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con244 (+1 tell) 0080.1%
DUP0 2025.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab0 205 (+2 tell)080.5%
LDem46 (+1 tell) 0082.5%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 1033.3%
SNP0 4066.7%
Total:290 216079.4%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division

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