British Overseas Territories Bill [H.L.] — 24 Jul 2001 at 13:53

moved Amendment No. 11:

After Clause 5, insert the following new clause--

"COST OF CLAIMING CITIZENSHIP

The Secretary of State shall by order require that in each British overseas territory the cost of claiming British citizenship, either by nationality registration, naturalisation or the cost of issuing passports, shall not be so prohibitive as to prevent British overseas territory citizens from exercising their right to British citizenship conferred by this Act."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 11) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 69; Not-Contents, 124.

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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con0 58 (+2 tell)26.5%
Crossbench7 78.1%
Green1 0100.0%
Lab94 (+2 tell) 047.5%
LDem20 032.3%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:122 6628.9%

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