Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill — 8 Apr 2003 at 15:57
moved Amendment No. 24:
After Clause 5, insert the following new clause-
"PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO VOTERS
(1) Information shall be circulated to voters before any order is made for a referendum providing details of-
(a) the powers, responsibilities and constitutional arrangements of elected regional assemblies;
(b) the costs incurred by the boundary committee and the forecasted costs of any subsequent local government reorganisation;
(c) the administrative and initial starting costs for the establishment of regional assemblies;
(d) the predicted annual costs for the running of regional assemblies."
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 24) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 114; Not-Contents, 164.
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 (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 96 (+2 tell) | 45.2% |
| Crossbench | 10 | 14 | 14.0% |
| Lab | 110 (+2 tell) | 0 | 57.7% |
| LDem | 41 | 0 | 63.1% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 161 | 111 | 42.5% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.