The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Minister of the civil service to delegate appointment and approval of senior civil servants in the Scottish Executive to the Head of the Home Civil Service.
I beg to move amendment 48, in page 3, line 7, at end add-
'(6) The Minister for the Civil Service shall delegate the appointment and approval of senior civil servants to senior posts in the Scottish Executive to the Head of the Home Civil Service, acting on advice of the Civil Service Commission.'.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | no |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | no |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
| Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | no |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | tellaye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
