Terrorism Bill — Clause 3 — Application of Ss. 1 and 2 to Internet Activity etc. — Giving notice — 15 Feb 2006 at 16:45
Those voting Aye removed a Lords amendment to Clause 3 of the Terrorism Bill
This clause outlines how the "Encouragement of terrorism" and the "Dissemination of terrorist publications" laws (in Clauses 1 and 2) will be applied to the Internet.
Subsection 3(3) explains how the police would be able to serve someone a notice which
(a) declares that, in the opinion of the constable giving it, the [webpage]... is unlawfully terrorism-related; (b) requires the relevant person to... [modify or make it unavailable] to the public; [and] (c) warns... that a failure to comply with the notice within 2 days will result in... [it] being regarded as having his endorsement [with all the legal consequences that this implies].
The amendment made by the Lords was to insert the phrase "in the opinion of the constable giving it", which was removed by this vote in the Commons.
It's difficult to locate the thinking for this disagreement in the preceding debate (please try if you can), but one speech by the minister mentions how there will be "properly accredited" special branch officers behind these notices. The disagreement with the Lords appears to be whether those special branch officers will be able to send out a notice to remove a webpage which, to the policeman who actually delivers it, does not appear to be unlawfully terrorist-related. In other words, it's whether common sense prevails, or the decision is wholly left to the experts.
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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 177 (+2 tell) | 0 | 91.3% |
| DUP | 0 | 7 | 0 | 77.8% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Lab | 318 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 90.9% |
| LDem | 0 | 59 | 0 | 93.7% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Respect | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 319 | 255 | 0 | 91.2% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |