Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] — 29 Oct 2008 at 17:55
Commons Amendment No. 2
Page 4, line 14, at end insert-
"(4A) A licence cannot authorise keeping or using a human admixed embryo in any circumstances in which regulations prohibit its keeping or use."
moved, as an amendment to the Motion, Amendment No. 2A:
Line 3, at end insert "or in any circumstances where the purposes of the proposed research can be achieved by any method not entailing the use of human admixed embryos."
On Question, Whether Amendment No. 2A, as an amendment to Commons Amendment No. 2, shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 39; Not-Contents, 202.
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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 (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
| Con | 21 | 19 (+1 tell) | 20.1% |
| Crossbench | 29 | 8 | 19.4% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 113 (+2 tell) | 5 | 55.0% |
| LDem | 34 | 3 | 48.7% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 198 | 37 | 33.2% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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 |
| Lord Ahmed | Lab | aye |
| Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Bates | Con | tellaye |
| Baroness Byford | Con | aye |
| Lord Cotter | LDem | aye |
| Lord Denham | Con | aye |
| Lord Dixon | Lab | aye |
| Lord Donoughue | Lab | aye |
| The Earl of Dundee | Con | aye |
| Lord Eames | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Elton | Con | aye |
| Earl Ferrers | Con | aye |
| Baroness Fookes | Con | aye |
| Baroness Gardner of Parkes | Con | aye |
| Lord Glentoran | Con | aye |
| Lord Gordon of Strathblane | Lab | aye |
| Lord Greaves | LDem | aye |
| Lord Hylton | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Kimball | Con | aye |
| Baroness Knight of Collingtree | Con | aye |
| The Earl of Liverpool | Con | aye |
| Lord Lyell | Con | aye |
| Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | UUP | tellaye |
| Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench | aye |
| The Duke of Montrose | Con | aye |
| Baroness Morris of Bolton | Con | aye |
| Lord Patten | Con | aye |
| Lord Pendry | Lab | aye |
| Lord Powell of Bayswater | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Roberts of Llandudno | LDem | aye |
| Lord Rowe-Beddoe | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Selkirk of Douglas | Con | aye |
| Lord Selsdon | Con | aye |
| Lord Tombs | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Waddington | Con | aye |
| Lord Wakeham | Con | aye |