Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (5th Day) — 20 Mar 2012 at 21:22
Amendment 151B
Moved by Baroness Linklater of Butterstone
151B: Before Clause 60, insert the following new Clause-
"Short prison sentences
A court may not pass a sentence of immediate imprisonment for a term of less than six months unless it considers that no other method of dealing with the offender is appropriate, and must state the reasons for its opinion in open court in accordance with the provisions of section 174 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (duty to give reasons for, and explain effect of, sentence)."
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 | 4.0% |
| Con | 56 (+1 tell) | 0 | 25.8% |
| Crossbench | 1 | 12 (+2 tell) | 7.8% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 44 | 18.1% |
| LDem | 29 (+1 tell) | 0 | 32.3% |
| PC | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Total: | 88 | 58 | 19.1% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.