Amendment made: No. 174, in page 75, line 12, leave out "lay member or" and insert-
'member of the Commission and, unless he is a lay member,'.-[Mr. Browne.]
Amendment proposed: No. 169, in page 4, line 35, at end insert-
'(8A) Without prejudice to subsection (8), the Commission must, as far as practicable, exercise its functions to select persons to be appointed or recommended for appointment in order to secure that the judiciary is reflective of the community in Northern Ireland.'.-[Mr. Mallon.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
The House divided: Ayes 33, Noes 302.
Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | no |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | no |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | no |
| Mr John Hume | Foyle | SDLP | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | no |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | no |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | Lab | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | no |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | tellaye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Seamus Mallon | Newry and Armagh | SDLP | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | no |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | no |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | tellaye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | no |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab | no |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
