Orders of the Day — Clause 81 — Criminal investigations: powers of Revenue and Customs — 1 May 2007 at 22:00

I beg to move amendment No. 19, in clause 81, page 56, line 7, leave out 'thinks' and insert

'has reasonable grounds for believing'.

I beg to move amendment No. 2, in page 56, line 47, at end insert-

'(2B) Any power or function conferred by a provision of this Act shall, so far as it is exercisable by an officer of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, only be exercised by an officer who has been duly authorised for that purpose by the Board of HMRC and who has been properly trained and supervised.

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The Committee divided: Ayes 118, Noes 279.

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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 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.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 111 (+2 tell)057.7%
DUP1 5066.7%
Independent1 10100.0%
Lab257 (+2 tell) 0073.6%
LDem17 0027.0%
PC1 0033.3%
SNP2 0033.3%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:279 118063.4%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Ian PaisleyNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)no

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