Banking (Special Provisions) Bill — Independent audits — 21 Feb 2008 at 14:01
The Banking (Special Provisions) Bill enables the Treasury to transfer the property, rights and liabilities of a bank, building society or any other "authorised UK deposit-taker" to a corporate body of its choosing.[1]
The majority (in the House of Lords) voted to require that an independent audit be completed within three months of the transfer, and at least annually thereafter.[2]
- [1] Transfer of property, rights and liabilities, Clause 6 of Banking (Special Provisions) Bill, House of Lords version.
- [1] Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, House of Lords, 21 February 2008.
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 | 1 | 1 | 8.0% |
Con | 88 (+1 tell) | 0 | 43.2% |
Crossbench | 21 | 9 | 16.0% |
Lab | 0 | 126 (+2 tell) | 57.7% |
LDem | 37 (+1 tell) | 0 | 47.5% |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Total: | 148 | 136 | 39.8% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
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 |
Baroness Afshar | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Boothroyd | Crossbench | no |
Lord Condon | Crossbench | no |
Lord Elystan-Morgan | Crossbench | no |
Lord Harries of Pentregarth | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Moser | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Patel of Bradford | Crossbench | no |
Lord Skidelsky | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Turnbull | Crossbench | no |
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | Crossbench | no |