Banking (Special Provisions) Bill — Impact on ccompetition — 21 Feb 2008 at 15:20

The majority (in the House of Lords) voted to add a new section into the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill[1] which said:

Where an authorised deposit taker is subject to an order made under section 3, or where the property, rights and liabilities of an authorised UK deposit taker have been transferred to a body corporate under section 6, the Office of Fair Trading shall-
(a) lay before Parliament annually a report on the impact of the competitiveness of the market in the UK of the activities of the authorised deposit-taker or of the body corporate to which property rights and liabilities have been transferred (as the case may be); and
(b) report to Parliament as soon as it identifies a significant adverse effect on the competitiveness of the market in the United Kingdom as a result of the activities of the authorised deposit-taker or of the body corporate to which property rights and liabilities have been transferred (as the case may be).[2]

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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop0 28.0%
Con91 (+1 tell) 044.7%
Crossbench20 1217.0%
Lab0 117 (+2 tell)53.6%
LDem40 (+1 tell) 051.3%
UKIP2 0100.0%
Total:153 13139.8%

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Baroness Afshar Crossbenchno
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Best Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchno
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Harries of PentregarthCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Janvrin Crossbenchno
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Ouseley Crossbenchno
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbenchno
Lord Turnbull Crossbenchno
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonCrossbenchno
Lord Wright of RichmondCrossbench (front bench)no

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