I beg to move amendment (a) thereto.
Lords amendment No. 7 is rather curious and a little troubling. It gives the Government the power to make payments to children in custody. Those children would, as I understand it, otherwise be excluded because no one is in receipt of child benefit on their behalf.
Question put, That the amendment be made-
The House divided: Ayes 92, Noes 263.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | no |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | aye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | no |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | no |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | no |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | no |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Adrian Flook | Taunton | Con | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | no |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
