Consumer Credit Bill — 21 Mar 2006 at 15:41

moved Amendment No. 2:

After Clause 37, insert the following new clause-

"OFT'S GENERAL DUTIES

After section 1 of the 1974 Act insert-

"OFT's general duties

(1) In discharging its functions under this Act to regulate the conduct of licences, the OFT must, so far as is reasonably possible, act in a way-

(a) which is compatible with the regulatory objectives; and

(b) which the OFT considers most appropriate for the purpose of meeting those objectives.

(2) The regulatory objectives are-

(a) the protection of consumers;

(b) the promotion of an efficient and innovative consumer credit industry; and

(c) maintaining a competitive market in consumer credit.""

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 2) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 132; Not-Contents, 150.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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
Con0 81 (+2 tell)39.7%
Crossbench21 514.4%
Green0 1100.0%
Lab127 (+2 tell) 060.8%
LDem0 4054.1%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:148 12841.3%

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 Ampthill Crossbenchaye
Lord Bramall Crossbenchaye
Lord Marsh Crossbenchaye
Lord Molyneaux of KilleadCrossbenchaye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)aye

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