Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Report (1st Day) — 25 Jan 2016 at 17:03

Lord Bichard voted with the majority (Content).

Relevant documents: 13th and 19th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee

Amendment 1

Moved by Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

1: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause-

“Disability employment gap: reporting obligation

(1) The Secretary of State must lay a report before Parliament annually on the progress which has been made towards meeting the commitment to halve the disability employment gap.

(2) The report under subsection (1) must set out-

(a) how the Secretary of State has interpreted “halving the disability employment gap”;

(b) the factors that the Secretary of State has used to determine whether progress has been sufficient, including the extent and speed at which progress has been made; and

(c) if progress under subsection (1) has been insufficient, what remedial steps will be taken.

(3) The report under subsection (1) must contain data on-

(a) the overall rate of employment, and

(b) the progress of the rate of employment of people at working age with-

(i) a learning disability;

(ii) autism;

(iii) mental health problems;

(iv) visual impairments; and

(v) any other disability as the Secretary of State may by regulation specify on the grounds that the people with the disability are marginalised from the labour force and require a specific focus.”

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

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop3 (+1 tell) 016.0%
Con0 178 (+2 tell)70.3%
Crossbench46 1734.2%
DUP2 050.0%
Lab151 (+1 tell) 068.8%
LDem78 070.3%
Non-affiliated7 023.3%
PC1 050.0%
Total:288 19558.5%

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

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NamePartyVote
Lord Aberdare Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Bilimoria Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbenchno
Lord Cameron of DillingtonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Fellowes Crossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Janvrin Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Luce Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Mawson Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Northbourne Crossbenchno
Lord Pannick Crossbenchno
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Rana Crossbenchno
Viscount Slim Crossbenchno
Lord Turnbull Crossbench (front bench)no

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