Banking (Special Provisions) Bill — Freedom of Information — 21 Feb 2008 at 14:40
The majority (in the House of Lords) voted for the Freedom of Information Act to apply[1] to any "body corporate" to which securities, property, rights and liabilities have been transfered by the Treasury from an "authorised UK deposit-taker", according to the powers of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill.[2]
This requirement was removed by a subsequent vote in the House of Commons.[3]
- [1] Lord Hunt of Wirral, House of Lords, 21 February 2008.
- [2] Banking (Special Provisions) Bill, House of Lords version.
- [3] Division 92, House of Commons, 21 February 2008.
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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.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 1 | 1 | 8.0% |
| Con | 93 (+1 tell) | 0 | 45.6% |
| Crossbench | 22 | 6 | 14.9% |
| Lab | 0 | 119 (+2 tell) | 54.5% |
| LDem | 42 (+1 tell) | 0 | 53.8% |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 159 | 126 | 40.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by name
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.