Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 7 Mar 2012 at 18:07

Lord Patten voted in the minority (Not-Content).

Relevant documents: 21st Report from the Constitution Committee, 22nd Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Schedule 1 : Civil legal services

Amendment 11

Moved by Baroness Doocey

11: Schedule 1, page 125, line 5, at end insert-

"Social welfare law

(1) Civil legal services provided in respect of a social welfare decision relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under-

(a) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

(b) the Jobseekers Act 1995;

(c) the State Pension Credit Act 2002;

(d) the Tax Credits Act 2002;

(e) the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

(f) the Welfare Reform Act 2012; or

(g) any other enactment relating to social security.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), "civil legal services" includes independent advice and assistance for a review, or appeal to a first-tier tribunal, of such a decision."

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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.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop5 020.0%
Con2 125 (+1 tell)57.9%
Crossbench47 828.6%
DUP1 025.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab170 (+1 tell) 070.1%
LDem2 (+1 tell) 61 (+1 tell)69.9%
PC1 050.0%
UUP0 250.0%
Total:229 19654.6%

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

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NamePartyVote
Lord Newton of BraintreeConaye
Lord Stewartby Conaye
Lord Boyce Crossbenchno
Lord Butler of BrockwellCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Dannatt Crossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Avebury LDemaye
Lord Carlile of BerriewLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Doocey LDemtellaye
Baroness Tonge LDemaye

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