Wales Bill — Clause 44 — Power for UK Government to Intervene in Wales — 11 Jul 2016 at 20:45

Therese Coffey MP, Suffolk Coastal voted for the UK Government to retain powers to intervene in Welsh Assembly matters in certain circumstances.

The majority of MPs voted for the UK Government to retain powers to intervene if the actions of Welsh Assembly risk an adverse effect in a broad range of areas, in particular if they pose serious adverse impact on water and sewage issues in England.

MPs were considering the Wales Bill.[1]

The amendment rejected in this vote stated:

  • Amendment 81, page 34, leave out line 37 to line 5 on page 35 and insert—
  • “Omit sections 114 and 152 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.”

The amendment was accompanied by an explanatory note stating:

  • This amendment removes the power of the Secretary of State to veto any Welsh legislation or measures that might have a serious adverse impact on water supply or quality in England.

The question rejected in this vote was:

  • That the amendment be made.

The rejected amendment would have replaced the content Clause 44[2] of the Wales Bill which sought allow the UK Parliament to intervene in relation to Welsh Assembly Bills in the case of a risk of serious adverse impact on sewerage services or systems in England”.

The rejected amendment would have replaced this provision with the removal of sections 114 and 152 of the Government of Wales Act 2006. Section 114 provided for more general powers of intervention and Section 152 which permitted a UK Secretary of State to intervene in relation to impacts on Water in England.

==

Debate in Parliament |

Public Whip is run as a free not-for-profit service. If you'd like to support us, please consider switching your (UK) electricity and/or gas to Octopus Energy or tip us via Ko-Fi.

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
Con274 (+2 tell) 0083.6%
Independent0 2066.7%
Lab0 100.4%
LDem0 3037.5%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 36 (+2 tell)070.4%
Total:274 47051.4%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive