Utilities Bill — 19 Apr 2000

As amended in the Standing Committee, considered.

I beg to move,

That the Bill be re-committed to the former Committee.

the Government intends to bring forward amendments later in the passage of the Bill

We do not have any comments on the new clauses and schedules at this stage other than to say that it is completely unsatisfactory to have significant amendments with far-reaching implications being laid at this stage in the parliamentary process. We will be working up our position on these amendments during the coming week.

They have been brought forward in a piecemeal way and have not been the subject of any industry consultation.

I will undertake during the Committee's deliberations to have a check made on the number of amendments that are likely to be tabled and on what issues.--[ Official Report, Standing Committee A , Tuesday 4 April 2000; c. 667.]

Question put :--

The House divided: Ayes 137, Noes 282.

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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
Con0 102 (+2 tell)065.0%
Lab275 (+2 tell) 0167.0%
LDem0 28060.9%
PC4 00100.0%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP1 0016.7%
UUP0 6060.0%
Total:281 136165.5%

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
Jimmy HoodClydesdaleLab (minister)both

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