Tax Credits Bill — 12 Jun 2002 at 16:56

[Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 not moved.]

had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 15:

After Clause 2, insert the following new clause-

"ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall lay before Parliament an annual report on the Board that shall include-

(a) the accounts of the Board;

(b) an estimate of the take-up of the working tax credit; and

(c) an estimate of the take-up of the child tax credit."

[Amendment No. 15 not moved.]

moved Amendment No. 16:

After Clause 2, insert the following new clause-

"ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT (NO. 2)

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall lay before Parliament an annual report on the Board that shall include-

(a) the accounts of the Board;

(b) an estimate of the take-up of the working tax credit;

(c) an estimate of the take-up of the child tax credit;

(d) data on the number of investigations carried out into fraud, the number of prosecutions and the number of convictions; and

(e) an estimate of the cost to employers of operating tax credits."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 16) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 121; Not-Contents, 118.

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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
Bishop1 03.8%
Con72 (+1 tell) 032.4%
Crossbench7 99.1%
Green1 0100.0%
Lab0 107 (+2 tell)55.6%
LDem36 (+1 tell) 056.1%
UUP1 050.0%
Total:118 11634.4%

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
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Ampthill Crossbenchaye
Lord Chalfont Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Eames Crossbenchaye
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Lord Weatherill Crossbench (front bench)aye

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