Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Commons Reasons and Amendments — 28 Jan 2014 at 15:55

Motion A

Moved by Lord Wallace of Saltaire

That this House do not insist on its Amendment 1 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1A and 1B in lieu.

Lords Amendment 1: Clause 2, page 2, line 7, after “secretary” insert “or special adviser”

COMMONS DISAGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS IN LIEU

The Commons disagree to Lords Amendment No 1 and propose Amendments 1A and 1B in lieu.

1A: Page 2, line 20, at end insert-

“( ) Regulations may amend subsection (3) so as to provide that communications made personally to a special adviser are within that subsection.”

1B: Page 2, line 30, at end insert-

““special adviser” means a person who serves the government in a position in the civil service of the State and whose appointment to that position meets the requirements applicable to that position set out in section 15(1) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.”

The Commons disagree to Lords Amendment No 26 for the following reason-

26A:Because a wider range of expenditure than it provides for should be included when attributing a third party’s expenditure to a particular constituency for the purposes of determining whether a limit on expenditure in that constituency has been exceeded.

Lords Amendment 27: Page 16, line 29, leave out “controlled” and insert “third party constituency”

COMMONS DISAGREEMENT AND REASON

27A: The Commons disagree to Lords Amendment No 27 for the following reason-

Because the amendment is unnecessary in light of the provision made in paragraph 2A(4) of Schedule 10 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (as inserted by Clause 28(5)).

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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 (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 627.3%
Con152 (+1 tell) 167.2%
Crossbench11 59 (+2 tell)37.7%
DUP0 125.0%
Green0 1100.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Judge0 533.3%
Lab0 14262.8%
LDem79 (+1 tell) 077.7%
PC0 150.0%
UUP2 0100.0%
Total:244 21758.4%

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

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NamePartyVote
Baroness Flather Conaye
Lord Swinfen Con (front bench)aye
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchno
Lord Bilimoria Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Deech Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Jay of EwelmeCrossbenchno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Martin of SpringburnCrossbenchno
Lord Pannick Crossbenchno
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Tenby Crossbenchno
Viscount Falkland LDemaye
Baroness Neuberger LDemaye

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