Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] — Report (1st Day) — 13 Jul 2015 at 15:56
Amendment 2
Moved by Lord McKenzie of Luton
2: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause-
“Devolution statements
(1) A Minister of the Crown who has introduced a Bill in either House of Parliament must, before the second reading of the Bill, make a devolution statement to the effect that in his view the provisions of the Bill are compatible with the principle that powers should be devolved to combined authorities or the most appropriate local level except where those powers can more effectively be exercised by central government.
(2) The statement must be in writing and be published in such a manner as the Minister making it considers appropriate.”
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 |
| Bishop | 2 | 0 | 7.7% |
| Con | 0 | 137 (+2 tell) | 59.7% |
| Crossbench | 16 | 17 | 17.8% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Ulster Unionist | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 3 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Lab | 124 (+1 tell) | 0 | 57.1% |
| LDem | 72 (+1 tell) | 0 | 71.6% |
| Non-affiliated | 3 | 1 | 13.8% |
| Total: | 222 | 156 | 46.9% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.