Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill — Clause 4 — Related prohibition on statements — 25 Oct 2023 at 17:49

“(4) Nothing in this section requires any act or omission that conflicts with the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Human Rights Act 1998.”-(Chris Stephens.)
This amendment would ensure that any act or omission under the “gagging clause” in clause 4 would not conflict with the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), in particular, Article 10 (right to freedom of expression) and Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the ECHR as incorporated by the HRA.

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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 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
Alba0 1050.0%
Con272 (+2 tell) 0077.8%
DUP2 0025.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 2020.0%
Lab0 153076.9%
LDem0 11073.3%
PC0 30100.0%
Reclaim1 00100.0%
SDLP0 1050.0%
SNP0 24 (+2 tell)060.5%
Total:276 196074.3%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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