Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2003 — 13 Nov 2003 at 16:53
rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 11th September be approved [28th Report from the Joint Committee].
had given notice of her intention to move, as an amendment to the above Motion, to leave out all the words after "That" and insert "this House declines to approve the draft order laid before the House on 11th September".
[Amendment not moved.]
had given notice of his intention to move, as an amendment to the Motion, at end to insert "and this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to lay a new draft order containing effective safeguards to ensure that communications data retained pursuant to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 will not become liable to be obtained or disclosed under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 unless the criteria for obtaining or disclosing communications data under the 2000 Act are met in relation to those data in accordance with the fundamental right to personal privacy".
[Amendment not moved.]
rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion, at end to insert "and this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to lay a new draft order wherein, notwithstanding the provisions of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Northern Ireland Social Security Investigators are included in the list of named public authorities on the face of the order and thereby subject to Part 1, Chapter 2, of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000".
On Question, Whether the said amendment shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 92; Not-Contents, 108.
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 | 76 (+2 tell) | 36.4% |
| Crossbench | 9 | 9 | 10.5% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Independent Socialist | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 95 (+2 tell) | 0 | 50.8% |
| LDem | 0 | 1 | 1.6% |
| Other | 0 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Total: | 105 | 89 | 30.7% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.