Coroners and Justice Bill — Remove powers of Lord Chancellor to Suspend a Coroner's Inquest — rejected — 11 Nov 2009 at 17:31
The majority Not-Contents rejected an amendment[1] to the Coroners and Justice Bill. This amendment would have removed the powers given to the Lord Chancellor (a government minister), under this Bill, to suspend a coroner's inquest. However, it was defeated.
The main provisions of the Coroners and Justice Bill were to[2]:
- Allow secret inquests although the Lord Chief Justice can veto requests for private inquests and decide who the judge is
- Prevent criminals from profiting from publications about their crimes
- Allow courts to grant anonymity to vulnerable or intimidated witnesses as long as this still ensured a fair trial
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- [1] Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer, 11 November 2009, House of Lords
- [2] Wikipedia entry, Retrieved on 2010-02-07
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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 | 2 | 0 | 8.3% |
| Con | 2 | 1 | 1.6% |
| Crossbench | 44 | 13 | 30.5% |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 117 (+2 tell) | 0 | 54.8% |
| LDem | 0 | 51 (+2 tell) | 70.7% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Total: | 168 | 67 | 34.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by name
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.