Business of the House — 20 Jul 2009 at 23:19
I beg to move amendment (a), line 3, at end insert-
'( ) arrangements for Ministers who are members of the House of Lords to respond in this House to questions for oral answer and to pilot legislative proposals through this House on matters within their Ministerial responsibilities.'.
Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put.
The House divided: Ayes 218, Noes 41.
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| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | no |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | aye |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
