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 |
| 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 |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| 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 |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | no |
| 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 |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| 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 |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| 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 |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Independent (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP (front bench) | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
