Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill — 8 Sep 2004 at 16:15
Report received.
Clause 1 <[i>Pension and compensation schemes: armed and reserve forces]:
moved Amendment No. 1:
Page 1, line 14, at end insert-
"( ) Any scheme established under subsection (2) must provide that there shall be no onus on any claimant under the scheme to prove the fulfilment of any conditions for a claim thereunder and that the benefit of any reasonable doubt shall be given to the claimant."
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 1) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 183; Not-Contents, 128.
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 | 0 | 1 | 3.8% |
| Con | 104 | 0 | 49.3% |
| Crossbench | 30 (+1 tell) | 3 | 19.4% |
| Lab | 1 (+1 tell) | 120 (+2 tell) | 60.5% |
| LDem | 44 | 0 | 63.8% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 180 | 124 | 44.8% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.