Football (Disorder) Bill — 17 Jul 2000

I beg to move amendment No. 12, in page 6, line 19, at end insert--

'(4A) A court shall not take into account any conviction which is spent pursuant to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, or conduct which took place more than ten years prior to the relevant control period.'.

The magistrates' court may take into account the following matters . . . so far as they consider it appropriate to do so.

any decision of a court or tribunal outside the United Kingdom.

The magistrates' court may take into account the following matters (among others) . . .

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .

I beg to move amendment No. 5, in page 6, line 48, at end insert--

'( ) If it appears to the court that there are such circumstances, it must in open court state what they are.'.

Amendment agreed to.

Order for Third Reading read.

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I am acutely aware of criticisms about the time taken to address the Bill and consider its various aspects. Let me return to what my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary said earlier--we have had a substantial and full discussion of the points of principle. Moreover, we have

any decision of a public authority, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

our full support and co-operation in Parliament . . .

Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:--

The House divided: Ayes 171, Noes 42.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con1 201.9%
Independent0 1033.3%
Lab170 (+2 tell) 3042.1%
LDem0 35 (+2 tell)078.7%
PC0 1025.0%
Total:171 42034.4%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Simon BurnsWest ChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabno
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabno
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabno

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