I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prescribe which Members of the House of Commons may participate only in proceedings on reserved matters under the Scotland and Northern Ireland Acts 1998 or may be appointed only to a ministerial office having responsibility for such matters.
Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business): --
The House divided: Ayes 131, Noes 190.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | no |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | Con | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | UUP | aye |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Mrs Teresa Gorman | Billericay | Con | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Body | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | no |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tom King | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | no |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | aye |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | no |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | aye |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Brooke | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Judith Church | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | 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 |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | aye |
| Sir Peter Emery | East Devon | Con | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Sir Archie Hamilton | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | no |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Sir Peter Lloyd | Fareham | Con | aye |
| Mr Andrew Rowe | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | aye |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | aye |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
| Dr Norman Godman | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | tellaye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Mr Christopher Gill | Ludlow | Con | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Christopher Fraser | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | no |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | aye |
| Sir Nicholas Lyell | North East Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | no |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | no |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Dr Michael Clark | Rayleigh | Con | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | no |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | aye |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | no |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | no |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Madel | South West Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | no |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | no |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | no |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | no |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | aye |
| Mr William Thompson | West Tyrone | UUP | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Lab | no |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dr John Marek | Wrexham | Lab | no |
| Sir Ray Whitney | Wycombe | Con | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
