I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 46, line 1, leave out subsection (3).
This is the "depression amendment", which is a useful shorthand description that we are all using. It reverses the amendment introduced in the other place by removing clause 18(3), which inserts new sub-paragraph (2A) into schedule 1 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The Government firmly believe that that amendment of the definition of disability is not the right thing to do.
Question put, That the amendment be made.
The House divided: Ayes 214, Noes 98.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Independent (front bench) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP (front bench) | no |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | no |
