Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (1st Day) — 5 Mar 2012 at 18:32
Clause 4 : Director of Legal Aid Casework
Amendment 3
Moved by Lord Hart of Chilton
3: Clause 4, page 3, line 31, at end insert-
"( ) The Lord Chancellor must ensure that the terms on which the designated person holds the post of Director are, as regards the making and termination of the designation and otherwise, such as to ensure the Director's independence from Ministers of the Crown (subject to any direction or guidance given under subsection (3)) in relation to the carrying out of the Director's functions under this Part."
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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 1 | 116 (+1 tell) | 53.4% |
| Crossbench | 31 | 14 | 23.4% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Lab | 168 (+2 tell) | 0 | 69.7% |
| LDem | 2 | 59 (+1 tell) | 66.7% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Total: | 203 | 190 | 52.4% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
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 Newton of Braintree | Con | aye |
| Lord Ballyedmond | Crossbench | no |
| Baroness Boothroyd | Crossbench | no |
| Viscount Brookeborough | Crossbench | no |
| Baroness Butler-Sloss | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Cobbold | Crossbench | no |
| Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Craig of Radley | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Greenway | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Hannay of Chiswick | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Jay of Ewelme | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Kakkar | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Laming | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Martin of Springburn | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Patel | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | Crossbench | no |
| Viscount Falkland | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | LDem | aye |
| Lord Phillips of Sudbury | LDem | aye |