Enterprise Bill — 15 Oct 2002 at 17:57

[Amendment No. 7 not moved.]

moved Amendments Nos. 8 to 16:

Page 195, line 10, after "chairman" insert ", the chief executive"
Page 195, line 12, after "chairman" insert ", the chief executive"
Page 195, line 14, after "chairman" insert ", chief executive"
Page 195, line 16, after "chairman" insert ", chief executive"
Page 195, line 21, after "chairman" insert ", chief executive,"
Page 195, line 22, leave out "either" and insert "any"
Page 195, line 23, after "chairman" insert ", chief executive"
Page 195, line 29, after "chairman" insert ", chief executive"
Page 195, line 33, after "chairman" insert ", chief executive"

On Question, amendments agreed to.

moved Amendments Nos. 17 and 18:

Page 196, line 11, at end insert "rules and"
Page 196, line 12, at end insert-

"(3) The OFT shall from time to time publish a summary of its rules and procedures for dealing with conflicts of interest."

On Question, amendments agreed to.

Clause 3 [Annual plan]:

moved Amendments Nos. 19 and 20:

Page 2, line 13, leave out subsection (2) and insert-

"(2) The OFT shall for the purposes of public consultation publish a document containing proposals for its annual plan at least two months before publishing the annual plan for any year."

Page 2, line 15, leave out from "lay" to end of line and insert "before Parliament a copy of each document published under subsection (2) and each annual plan"

On Question, amendments agreed to.

Clause 4 [Annual and other reports]:

moved Amendment No. 21:

Page 2, line 24, at end insert-

"(c) a summary of the significant decisions, investigations or other activities made or carried out by the OFT during the year;

(d) a summary of the allocation of the OFT's financial resources to its various activities during the year; and

(e) an assessment of the OFT's performance and practices in relation to its enforcement functions."

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 6 [Provision of information etc. to the public]:

moved Amendment No. 22:

Page 3, line 3, after "competition" insert "within a context of social community and environmental responsibility"

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 22) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 75; Not-Contents, 126.

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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 (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 14.2%
Con1 32 (+1 tell)15.3%
Crossbench9 58.1%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Independent Socialist1 0100.0%
Lab112 (+2 tell) 058.2%
LDem0 34 (+1 tell)53.0%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:124 7329.4%

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
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Con (front bench)no
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbench (front bench)aye
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchaye
The Countess of MarCrossbenchaye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)aye

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