Children and Families Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 17 Dec 2013 at 18:37
Amendment 15
Moved by Lord Northbourne
15: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause-
“Children’s welfare: duties of parents
For the purposes of section 3(1) of the Children Act 1989, the duties of the parent to their child are-
(a) to safeguard and promote the child’s health, development and welfare;
(b) to provide in a manner appropriate to the age and development of the child-
(i) direction; and
(ii) guidance,
to the child;
(c) if the child is not living with the parent, to maintain personal relations and contact with the child on a regular basis,
but only in so far as compliance with this section is practicable and in the best interest of the child.”
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 | 2 | 9.1% |
| Con | 140 (+2 tell) | 0 | 62.0% |
| Crossbench | 8 | 33 | 21.5% |
| DUP | 0 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 0 | 3 | 20.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 149 (+2 tell) | 66.5% |
| LDem | 71 | 0 | 68.9% |
| PC | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 220 | 192 | 52.2% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.