Space Industry Bill — Launches — Cap on Licensees' Liability Limit — 6 Feb 2018 at 15:30
The majority of MPs voted not to cap the launch related liability of those licensed to carry out space launches.
MPs were discussing the Space Industry Bill[1]
The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: Cap on licensees’ liability limit and stated:
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“(1) The Secretary of State must, within 12 months of this Act receiving Royal Assent, lay a report before Parliament setting out plans for a cap on licensees’ liability.
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(2) Before exercising their duties under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must carry out a consultation on what an appropriate maximum limit would be on the amount of a licensee’s liability, and lay a report before Parliament setting this out.
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(3) The report under subsection (1) must provide for, but is not limited to—
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(a) a maximum limit on the amount of a particular licensee’s liability for each launch undertaken by the operator;
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(b) a maximum limit on the amount of licensees’ liability for each launch classification type;
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(c) divisions of responsibility and the level of liability for parties’ spaceflight activities, including—
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(i) the Spaceport;
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(ii) the launch operator; and
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(iii) the satellite operator.
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(4) In subsection (3) “launch classification type” means the level of risk attached to each type of launch as determined by the regulator.
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(5) Before exercising their duties under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive and have regard to their views in respect of any proposed regulations.
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(6) As well as consulting those under subsection (5) the Secretary of State must consult with—
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(a) UKspace, and
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(b) any other such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.”
The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
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This new clause would require the Government to consult on and set a mandatory cap on licensees’ liability for each individual launch, based on the classification type of each launch.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bim Afolami | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | no |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | no |
| Lucy Allan | Telford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con | no |
| Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kemi Badenoch | Saffron Walden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con | no |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | whilst Con | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | no |
| Nicholas Boles | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con | no |
| Andrew Bowie | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Bradley | Mansfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Suella Braverman | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jack Brereton | Stoke-on-Trent South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Buckland | South Swindon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alex Burghart | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Conor Burns | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Alun Cairns | Vale of Glamorgan | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alex Chalk | Cheltenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Colin Clark | Gordon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Cleverly | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con | no |
| Robert Courts | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Davies | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mims Davies | Eastleigh | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Leo Docherty | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jackie Doyle-Price | Thurrock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Duguid | Banff and Buchan | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Vicky Ford | Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lucy Frazer | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | no |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con | no |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Graham | Ochil and South Perthshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Graham | Gloucester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Grant | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Justine Greening | Putney | whilst Con | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sam Gyimah | East Surrey | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Kirstene Hair | Angus | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con | no |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | no |
| Richard Harrington | Watford | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | no |
| Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Heaton-Jones | North Devon | Con | no |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | no |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con | no |
| Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Hollingbery | Meon Valley | Con | no |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con | no |
| Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alister Jack | Dumfries and Galloway | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margot James | Stourbridge | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrea Jenkyns | Morley and Outwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con (front bench) | no |
| Boris Johnson | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dr Caroline Johnson | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | no |
| Jo Johnson | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
| Gillian Keegan | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Seema Kennedy | South Ribble | Con | no |
| Stephen Kerr | Stirling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con | no |
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con | no |
| John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Lancaster | Milton Keynes North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Phillip Lee | Bracknell | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | whilst Con | no |
| Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brandon Lewis | Great Yarmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rachel Maclean | Redditch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Mak | Havant | Con | no |
| Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | no |
| Paul Masterton | East Renfrewshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | Derbyshire Dales | Con | no |
| Esther McVey | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Menzies | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
| Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
| Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | no |
| Damien Moore | Southport | Con (front bench) | no |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicky Morgan | Loughborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | no |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | no |
| Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Newton | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Neil O'Brien | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Priti Patel | Witham | Con | no |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | no |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con | no |
| Claire Perry | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con | no |
| Christopher Pincher | Tamworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con (front bench) | no |
| Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con | no |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Will Quince | Colchester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dominic Raab | Esher and Walton | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Douglas Ross | Moray | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lee Rowley | North East Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Antoinette Sandbach | Eddisbury | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Seely | Isle of Wight | Con | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con | no |
| Alok Sharma | Reading West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con | no |
| Keith Simpson | Broadland | Con | no |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | whilst Con | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rishi Sunak | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con | no |
| Ross Thomson | Aberdeen South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kelly Tolhurst | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con | no |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Tracey | North Warwickshire | Con | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robin Walker | Worcester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Warburton | Somerton and Frome | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con | no |
| Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | no |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Dudley South | Con | no |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Paul Girvan | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | whilst Independent (front bench) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Wera Hobhouse | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | whilst LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Deidre Brock | Edinburgh North and Leith | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Gethins | North East Fife | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Patricia Gibson | North Ayrshire and Arran | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Grant | Glenrothes | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Gray | Airdrie and Shotts | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Drew Hendry | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Law | Dundee West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| David Linden | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
| Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Carol Monaghan | Glasgow North West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Newlands | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Tommy Sheppard | Edinburgh East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
