National Security Bill — Report (1st Day) — Amendment 4 — 1 Mar 2023 at 17:30
Moved by Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
4: Clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end insert-“(1A) Section (Public interest defence) applies to any offence under this section.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment, and others in Lord Marks’ name, are connected to Lord Marks’ amendment after Clause 38 (Public interest defence) to apply a public interest defence to the offences under Clauses 1 to 5 of the Bill and to offences under Section 5(6) of the Official Secrets Act 1989.
Ayes 79, Noes 226.
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 |
| Con | 182 (+2 tell) | 0 | 66.7% |
| Crossbench | 30 | 11 | 23.2% |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Green | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 0 | 9.1% |
| Lab | 0 | 2 | 1.1% |
| LDem | 0 | 60 (+2 tell) | 74.7% |
| Non-affiliated | 6 | 2 | 14.3% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 224 | 77 | 38.5% |
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
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| The Earl of Clancarty | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness D'Souza | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Deech | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Hampton | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Londesborough | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Pannick | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Warner | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Wheatcroft | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | Non-affiliated | aye |
| Baroness Uddin | Non-affiliated | aye |