Removal of References to Strangers — 26 Oct 2004 at 18:44
Jonathan R Shaw MP, Chatham and Aylesford voted in the minority (No).
Motion made, and Question put,
That, with effect from the beginning of the next Session of Parliament, the following amendments be made to the Standing Orders of the House:
No. 89 (Procedure in standing committees): in paragraph (2), leave out 'Strangers' and insert 'The public';
No. 125 (Strangers (select committees)): leave out the title and insert 'Select committees (admission of the public)'; and in paragraph (1), leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public';
No. 149 (Committee on Standards and Privileges): in paragraph (8), leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public';
No. 161 (Duties of Serjeant at Arms with respect to strangers): in the title, leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; in paragraph (1), leave out 'stranger' in the two places where it appears and insert 'member of the public' in each place, and leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; and in paragraph (2), leave out 'strangers' and insert 'members of the public'.
No. 162 (Places to which strangers are not admitted): in the title, leave out 'strangers' and insert 'the public'; and, in the Standing Order, leave out 'stranger' and insert 'member of the public'.-[Mr. Woolas.]
The House divided: Ayes 242, Noes 167.
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Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 7 | 97 (+2 tell) | 0 | 65.0% |
DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 196 (+2 tell) | 57 | 0 | 62.7% |
LDem | 31 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% |
PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
SNP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0% |
UUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
Total: | 242 | 167 | 0 | 63.8% |
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