I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
The Bill may be short, but it has been the subject of careful scrutiny by the House. I shall not repeat what was said in earlier debates although I was surprised by the power of my oratory when the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) decided after all to enter the same Lobby as the Government instead of supporting his own amendment.
Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:-
The House divided: Ayes 270, Noes 51.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | no |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | no |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent | no |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | aye |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP | no |
