I beg to move,
That the draft Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1998, which was laid before this House on 28th July, be approved.
The rest of the quote is important. The Secretary of State continued:
"Like the hon. Gentleman, I find punishment beatings obscene."--[ Official Report , 10 June 1998; Vol. 313, c. 1084.]
It being one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion, Mr. Deputy Speaker put the Question, pursuant to Standing Order No. 16.
Question put: --
The House divided: Ayes 219, Noes 86.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | Con | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | UUP | no |
| Charles Wardle | Bexhill and Battle | whilst Con | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | tellno |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Brooke | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab | aye |
| John McAllion | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | no |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | no |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr William Ross | East Londonderry | UUP | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | tellno |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Canavan | Falkirk West | whilst Lab | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Sir Peter Lloyd | Fareham | Con | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Dr Norman Godman | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bowen Wells | Hertford and Stortford | Con | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | UUP (front bench) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrence Cunliffe | Leigh | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Mr Christopher Gill | Ludlow | Con | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Christopher Fraser | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Ms Audrey Wise | Preston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Dr Mo Mowlam | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Allan Rogers | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | no |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con | no |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Wealden | Con | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | no |
| Mr William Thompson | West Tyrone | UUP | no |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Con | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Sir Ray Whitney | Wycombe | Con | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
