European Union Bill — Inconsequential wording change : supporting to permitting — 8 Jun 2011 at 18:25
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to make an inconsequential change to the wording of the European Union Bill[1].
The majority of Contents agreed to make the following amendment to Clause 1 of the European Union Bill[2]:
‘leave out out "supporting" and insert "permitting"’ from this text:
'A reference to a Minister of the Crown voting in favour of or otherwise supporting a decision is a reference to a Minister of the Crown voting in favour of or otherwise supporting the decision in the European Council or the Council.'
Clause 1 offers explanatory notes that aid the understanding and intended meaning of terms used in Part 1 of the bill.
The debate reveals the amendment was proposed "in a purely formal way", in an effort to seek reassurances, so apparently was not intended to be, and doesn't appear to be, substantive.
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 | Contents | Not-Contents | Turnout |
Con | 5 | 143 (+1 tell) | 67.1% |
Crossbench | 47 (+1 tell) | 7 | 28.9% |
DUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 153 (+1 tell) | 0 | 61.8% |
LDem | 6 | 59 (+1 tell) | 68.0% |
UKIP | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
UUP | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
Total: | 213 | 213 | 55.9% |
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 Bew | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Viscount Brookeborough | Crossbench | no |
Lord Carlile of Berriew | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Lord Chorley | Crossbench | no |
Lord Dannatt | Crossbench | no |
Lord Deben | Con | aye |
Lord Dykes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Lord Eames | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Viscount Falkland | LDem | aye |
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Goodhart | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Lord Greenway | Crossbench | no |
Lord Howe of Aberavon | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | no |
Lord Maclennan of Rogart | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Lord Swinfen | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Taverne | LDem | aye |
Lord Tugendhat | Con (front bench) | aye |