Disability Discrimination Bill [HL] — 3 Feb 2005 at 16:10

[Amendments Nos. 23 to 25 not moved.]

Clause 7 [Rail vehicles: accessibility compliance certificates]:

[Amendment No. 26 not moved.]

moved Amendment No. 27:

After Clause 8, insert the following new clause-

"BUS ACCESSIBILITY REGULATIONS

In the 1995 Act, after section 47 there is inserted-

:TITLE3:"Bus vehicles

BUS ACCESSIBILITY REGULATIONS

(1) The Secretary of State shall make regulations for the purpose of securing that it is possible-

(a) for disabled persons-

(i) to get on to and off regulated bus vehicles of 22 seats or more in safety and without unreasonable difficulty;

(ii) to be carried in such vehicles in safety and in reasonable comfort; and

(b) for disabled persons in wheelchairs-

(i) to get on to and off such vehicles in safety and without unreasonable difficulty while remaining in their wheelchairs; and

(ii) to be carried in such vehicles in safety and in reasonable comfort while remaining in their wheelchairs.

(2) Regulations shall in particular create an offence of parking a motor vehicle at a bus stop clearly delineated on the road during the normal hours of bus operation contrary to the purposes set out in subsection (1).

(3) A person found guilty of such an offence, as set out in subsection (2), is liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and up to 3 penalty points on their drivers' licence.""

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 27) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 36; Not-Contents, 100.

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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.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con2 32.4%
Crossbench5 34.5%
Green0 1100.0%
Lab90 (+2 tell) 044.7%
LDem0 27 (+2 tell)42.0%
Total:97 3420.4%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Lamont of LerwickCon (front bench)no
Lord Vinson Conno
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbenchaye
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Molyneaux of KilleadCrossbenchaye

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