Child Poverty Bill — Report — 9 Mar 2010 at 18:36
Amendment 3
Moved by Lord Wallace of Tankerness
3: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert-
"( ) The duty referred to in subsection (1) shall be actionable in the courts.
( ) The court may make such order in relation to such an action (including an award of damages) as it considers appropriate.
( ) "The court" means-
(a) the High Court or County Court,
(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session or the Sheriff Court."
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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 | 4.2% |
| Con | 0 | 1 | 0.5% |
| Crossbench | 22 | 8 | 16.1% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 97 (+2 tell) | 1 | 46.3% |
| LDem | 0 | 34 (+2 tell) | 48.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Total: | 120 | 46 | 24.4% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.