Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Commons Reasons and Amendments — 23 Apr 2012 at 21:48
The Duke of Montrose voted with the majority (Not-Content).
Motion G
Moved by Lord McNally
That this House do not insist on its Amendment 168 to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 168A, do not insist on its Amendments 169 and 240 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 240A and 240B.
168A Because it would alter the financial arrangements made by the Commons, and the Commons do not offer any further Reason, trusting that this reason may be deemed sufficient.
240A Page 119, line 2, at end insert-
"Appeals relating to welfare benefits
6A (3) Civil legal services provided in relation to an appeal on a point of law to the Upper Tribunal, the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under-
(a) a social security enactment,
(b) the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979, or
(c) Part 4 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.
Exclusions
(4) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to-
(a) the exclusions in Part 2 of this Schedule, with the exception of paragraphs 1 and 15 of that Part, and
(b) the exclusion in Part 3 of this Schedule.
Definitions
(5) In this paragraph "social security enactment" means-
(a) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,
(b) the Jobseekers Act 1995,
(c) the State Pension Credit Act 2002,
(d) the Tax Credits Act 2002,
(e) the Welfare Reform Act 2007,
(f) the Welfare Reform Act 2012, or
(g) any other enactment relating to social security."
240B Page 137, line 30, at end insert-
"(a) a social security enactment,
(b) the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979, or
(c) Part 4 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.
(2) In this paragraph "social security enactment" means-"
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 | 3.8% |
Con | 123 (+1 tell) | 0 | 56.4% |
Crossbench | 5 | 17 | 11.5% |
DUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 130 (+2 tell) | 54.8% |
LDem | 65 (+1 tell) | 2 | 73.1% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
UUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
Total: | 195 | 152 | 44.8% |
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 |
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster | Crossbench | no |
Lord Bew | Crossbench | no |
Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Ramsbotham | Crossbench | no |
Lord Williamson of Horton | Crossbench | no |
Lord Avebury | LDem | aye |
Baroness Doocey | LDem | aye |