Finance Bill (Programme) — 6 May 2003 at 22:12

Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Orders [28 June 2001 and 29 October 2002],

That the following provisions shall apply to the Finance Bill:

Committal

1.-(1) Clauses 1, 4, 5, 9, 14, 22, 42, 56, 57, 124, 130 to 135, 138, 139, 148 and 184 and Schedules 5, 6, 19, 21, 22 and 25, and any new Clauses and Schedules tabled by Friday 9th May 2003 relating to excise duty on spirits or R&D tax credits for oil exploration, shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
(2) The remainder of the Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
2. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in two days.
3.-(1) Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 12th June 2003.
(2) The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
4. When the provisions of the Bill considered, respectively, by the Committee of the whole House and by the Standing Committee have been reported to the House, the Bill shall be proceeded with as if it had been reported as a whole to the House from the Standing Committee.

Other proceedings

5. Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed-[Mr. Hepple.]

The House divided: Ayes 331, Noes 198.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 137 (+2 tell)085.3%
DUP0 50100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Lab328 (+2 tell) 0080.5%
LDem0 41077.4%
PC0 40100.0%
SDLP2 0066.7%
SNP0 4080.0%
UUP0 60100.0%
Total:331 198081.9%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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