Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — 6 Dec 2001 at 17:22

Schedule 4 [Miscellaneous]:

[Amendment No. 4 not moved.]

Clause 19 [Disclosure of information held by revenue departments]:

moved Amendment No. 5:

Page 9, line 18, at end insert-

X( ) Information may only be disclosed voluntarily under this section if the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Commissioners of Customs and Excise believe or suspect that the disclosure may be of information which directly or indirectly relates to a risk to national security or to a terrorist.

( ) Any request by a relevant public authority for disclosure of information under this section may only be made if it believes or suspects that that information may relate directly or indirectly to any risk to national security or to a terrorist.

( ) XRelevant public authority" has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) save that there is added thereto the Financial Services Authority and the Director of Public Prosecutions.

( ) XTerrorist" has the same meaning as in Part 4 of this Act."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 5) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 227; Not-Contents, 138.

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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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop2 07.4%
Con146 (+1 tell) 063.9%
Crossbench20 1117.6%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab0 124 (+2 tell)63.0%
LDem53 (+1 tell) 081.8%
UUP1 050.0%
Total:223 13551.6%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Bhatia Crossbenchno
Lord Boston of FavershamCrossbenchno
Lord Chalfont Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Chan Crossbenchno
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Baroness Darcy de Knayth Crossbenchno
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbenchno
Lord Marsh Crossbenchno
Viscount Slim Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)no

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