Identity Cards Bill — Report of Costs and Benefits — 16 Jan 2006 at 17:22
The majority of the House of Lords voted to add a new provision[1] to the Identity Cards Bill which would have said:[2]
- Before the Identity Cards laws can be enforced, the Government must publish a detailed report stating all the costs of the system since 2004 and a cost estimate by year for the next ten years, and a statement of the expected benefits of the system.
The majority of MPs in the House of Commons subsequently voted to remove this requirement from the proposed law.[3]
- [1] Baroness Noakes, House of Lords, 16 January 2006
- [2] Commencement: Report on costs and benefits, Identity Cards Bill, Clause 44
- [3] Report of Costs and Benefits - rejected, House of Commons, 13 February 2006
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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.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
| Con | 121 | 0 | 57.6% |
| Crossbench | 42 | 7 | 26.6% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 0 | 1 | 10.0% |
| Lab | 5 | 145 | 70.4% |
| LDem | 60 | 0 | 81.1% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 231 | 154 | 53.5% |
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
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Dahrendorf | Crossbench | no |
| Baroness Greengross | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Marsh | Crossbench | no |
| Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Moser | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Baroness Murphy | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Powell of Bayswater | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Robertson of Port Ellen | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Ahmed | Lab | aye |
| Lord Barnett | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws | Lab | aye |
| Lord Rea | Lab | aye |
| Lord Sheldon | Lab (minister) | aye |