Energy Bill [HL] — 20 Apr 2004 at 19:05
Resolved in the negative, and amendment disagreed to accordingly.
Clause 11 [General duties when carrying out functions]:
moved Amendment No. 4:
Page 9, line 23, at end insert ", including the desirability of optimising, through its employment arrangements and other NDA contracts, the social and economic life of the community and, during the period that it has responsibility under a direction under section 5 for securing the operation or decommissioning of any installation, of maintaining or enhancing so far as practicable the levels of support to that life that were made by the operator of the installation prior to the direction being made"
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 4) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 105; Not-Contents, 98.
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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.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 1 | 0 | 3.8% |
| Con | 60 (+2 tell) | 0 | 29.2% |
| Crossbench | 6 | 1 | 4.1% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 94 (+2 tell) | 51.6% |
| LDem | 34 | 0 | 54.0% |
| Total: | 102 | 95 | 30.6% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by name
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.