Defence Reform Bill — Report (First Day) — 24 Mar 2014 at 16:17

Amendment 1

Moved by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

1: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause-

“Procurement of communications systems or services

Additional arrangements relating to procurement of communications systems or services

(1) To the extent that communications systems or services are procured for defence or related purposes under this Part (whether by the Secretary of State, Scottish Ministers or officers of other states resident in the United Kingdom) and those systems or services are used or proposed to be used for the purpose of interception of communications or processing of intercepted communications, it shall be the duty of the Interception Commissioner to report on the use or proposed use of those services or systems for any activity which may be subject to the provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

(2) In section 57 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (interception of communications commissioner), at the end of subsection (2) insert “; and

(e) the transmission of data through the jurisdiction and processing of data by means of any communication systems or services procured under Part 1 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 in the United Kingdom for defence (whether or not of the United Kingdom) or related purposes which has been obtained by interception, whether by-

(i) the Secretary of State or Scottish Ministers; or

(ii) officers of other states acting within the jurisdiction.””

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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
Bishop2 08.3%
Con121 (+1 tell) 053.5%
Crossbench41 1127.4%
DUP1 025.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Judge0 16.7%
Lab0 145 (+2 tell)65.3%
LDem55 (+1 tell) 054.4%
UUP1 050.0%
Total:221 15848.4%

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 Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchaye
Lord Bhatia Crossbenchaye
Baroness Cox Crossbenchaye
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbench (front bench)aye
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchaye
Baroness Hayman Crossbenchaye
Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchaye
Baroness Meacher Crossbenchaye
Baroness Morgan of DrefelinCrossbenchaye
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbenchaye
Lord Quirk Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Lord Truscott Labno

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