Local Government Finance Bill — Third Reading — 22 Oct 2012 at 16:38
Amendment 2
Moved by Lord Tope
2: Before Clause 9, insert the following new Clause-
"Power to make grants discretionary
(1) Section 11 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (discounts) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (5) insert-
"(6) Notwithstanding subsection (3) above, the billing authority shall have discretion to set the appropriate percentage at a rate between 20 and 25 per cent.
(7) In subsection (6) above, the discretion to set the appropriate percentage at a rate other than 25 per cent shall not be exercisable for pensioners.
(8) In subsection (7) above "pensioner" means a person who has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit.""
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 |
| Con | 129 (+1 tell) | 2 | 60.8% |
| Crossbench | 8 | 29 | 19.5% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 132 | 1 | 57.3% |
| LDem | 15 (+1 tell) | 28 (+2 tell) | 49.5% |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Total: | 287 | 60 | 47.4% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.