Police Reform Bill [HL] — 15 Apr 2002 at 19:19
moved Amendments Nos. 24 and 25:
Page 3, line 43, at end insert-
"(2) Those remedial measures must not relate to any matter other than-
(a) a matter by reference to which the report contains a statement of opinion falling within subsection (1)(a) or (b); or
(b) a matter that the Secretary of State considers relevant to any matter falling within paragraph (a)."
Page 3, line 43, at end insert-
"(3) If the Secretary of State exercises his power to give a direction under this section in relation to a police force-
(a) he shall prepare a report on his exercise of that power in relation to that force; and
(b) he shall lay that report before Parliament.
(4) A report under subsection (3)-
(a) shall be prepared at such time as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; and
(b) may relate to more than one exercise of the power mentioned in that subsection."
On Question, amendments agreed to.
[Amendments Nos. 26 and 27 not moved.]
Clause 5 [Directions to chief officers]:
[Amendments Nos. 28 to 35 not moved.]
moved Amendments Nos. 36 and 37:
Page 4, line 41, leave out from "making" to "of" in line 42.
Page 4, line 43, after "plan" insert "to the Secretary of State and to the police authority maintaining the force in question;
( ) provision as to the times at which, and the manner in which, any progress report is to be made;"
On Question, amendments agreed to.
[Amendment No. 38 not moved.]
moved Amendment No. 39:
Page 5, line 15, at end insert-
"(12) If the Secretary of State exercises his power to give a direction under this section in relation to a police force-
(a) he shall prepare a report on his exercise of that power in relation to that force; and
(b) he shall lay that report before Parliament.
(13) A report under subsection (12)-
(a) shall be prepared at such time as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; and
(b) may relate to more than one exercise of the power mentioned in that subsection."
On Question, amendment agreed to.
[Amendment No. 40, as an amendment to Amendment No. 39, not moved.]
moved Amendment No. 41:
Leave out Clause 5.
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 41) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 205; Not-Contents, 131.
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.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 1 | 1 | 7.4% |
| Con | 129 (+1 tell) | 0 | 57.0% |
| Crossbench | 24 | 1 | 14.2% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 127 (+2 tell) | 65.5% |
| LDem | 45 (+1 tell) | 0 | 69.7% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 202 | 129 | 48.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.