Home Affairs — 20 Nov 2002 at 21:47

I beg to move, as an amendment to the Address, at the end of the Question to add:

'Welcome measures in the Gracious Speech to improve criminal justice, despite the failure of the Government's previous 12 such Acts to deliver improvement; further welcome measures to reform the excessively bureaucratic legislation previously introduced to curb anti-social behaviour, and other measures, proposed by Her Majesty's Official Opposition, to protect the public from sex offenders; but deplore proposals within the European Arrest Warrant that could lead to the arrest of people in Britain for actions which are not crimes in Britain, or to the deportation of British people for trial in judicial systems where there is no presumption of innocence; will study with concern any proposals for the restriction of the Xdouble jeopardy" rule, or the introduction of past convictions into court proceedings; and regret the failure of the Government to address the central issues of crime today, such as the lack of true neighbourhood policing, the falling rates of detection and the lack of a coherent strategy to lift young people off the conveyor belt to crime.'.

Question put accordingly, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 152, Noes 372.

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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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 142 (+2 tell)088.3%
DUP0 3060.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Lab315 (+2 tell) 0077.3%
LDem47 0088.7%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP5 00100.0%
UUP0 60100.0%
Total:372 152081.5%

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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