Trade Bill — Commons Amendments — Motion A1 (as an amendment to Motion A) — 2 Feb 2021 at 16:15
Moved by Lord Lansley
1B: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause-“Parliamentary approval of international trade agreements and treaties(1) If a decision has been made by the Secretary of State to commence negotiations towards a free trade agreement, a statement must be made to both Houses of Parliament.(2) Negotiations for that trade agreement may not proceed until the Secretary of State has laid draft negotiating objectives in respect of that agreement before Parliament, and an amendable motion endorsing the draft negotiating objectives has been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.(3) Prior to the draft negotiating objectives being laid, the Secretary of State must consult each devolved authority on the content of the draft negotiating objectives, and seek their consent.(4) The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 is amended as follows.(5) In section 20 (treaties to be laid before Parliament before ratification), after subsection (1)(b) insert-“(ba) where the treaty is an international trade agreement as defined in the Trade Act 2021, a Minister of the Crown has published an analysis of the requirement for the treaty to be implemented through changes to domestic legislation, and(bb) where the treaty is an international trade agreement as defined in the Trade Act 2021, the House of Commons has resolved, within period A, that the treaty should be ratified, and”(6) In section 21 (extension of 21 sitting day period), after subsection (2) insert-“(2A) Where a relevant Committee of either House of Parliament has recommended that a treaty constituting an international trade agreement as defined by the Trade Act 2021 should be debated in that House, the Minister of the Crown must ensure that the period does not expire before that debate has taken place.”””
Ayes 304, Noes 260.
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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 4 | 0 | 15.4% |
Con | 9 | 215 | 83.0% |
Crossbench | 57 | 28 | 48.0% |
DUP | 0 | 5 | 100.0% |
Green | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Judge | 2 | 1 | 25.0% |
Lab | 131 | 0 | 71.2% |
LDem | 80 | 0 | 92.0% |
Non-affiliated | 17 | 9 | 44.1% |
PC | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
Total: | 304 | 260 | 68.3% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Aberdare | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Adebowale | Crossbench | no |
Lord Botham | Crossbench | no |
Viscount Brookeborough | Crossbench | no |
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood | Judge (front bench) | no |
Baroness Butler-Sloss | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
The Earl of Caithness | Con | aye |
Lord Carey of Clifton | Crossbench | no |
Lord Carlile of Berriew | Crossbench | no |
Lord Carrington | Crossbench | no |
Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | no |
Lord Cromwell | Crossbench | no |
Lord Deben | Con | aye |
Baroness Deech | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
The Earl of Erroll | Crossbench | no |
Lord Faulks | Non-affiliated (front bench) | no |
Baroness Fox of Buckley | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Gadhia | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Geidt | Crossbench | no |
Lord Gold | Con (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Hoey | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Hogan-Howe | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Houghton of Richmond | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green | Crossbench | no |
Lord Kakkar | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Kalms | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Lansley | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Lupton | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Mann | Non-affiliated | no |
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | Con (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Neville-Jones | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Norton of Louth | Con | aye |
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | Crossbench | no |
Lord Pannick | Crossbench | no |
Lord Patel | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Powell of Bayswater | Crossbench | no |
Lord Shinkwin | Con | aye |
Lord Stern of Brentford | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Stirrup | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Taylor of Warwick | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Thurlow | Crossbench | no |
Lord Walker of Aldringham | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Warsi | Con | aye |
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Wheatcroft | Crossbench | no |
Lord Wilson of Tillyorn | Crossbench | no |