(a) the percentage increase in the general level of earnings during the preceding year; or
(b) the percentage increase in the retail prices index during the preceding year,
whichever is the greater.'.-- [Mr. McDonnell.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:--
The House divided: Ayes 75, Noes 240.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | no |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | no |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | no |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
| Dr Norman Godman | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | no |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | no |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | tellaye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | no |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | no |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | no |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | no |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | no |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | no |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Snape | West Bromwich East | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Lab | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem | aye |
