Wales Bill — Clause 1 — Separation of the Legal Systems of England and Wales — 5 Jul 2016 at 14:30

The majority of MPs voted against the separation of the legal systems of England and Wales.

MPs were considering the Wales Bill.[1]

The amendment rejected in this vote began:

  • Amendment 5, page 2, leave out lines 1 to 6 and insert—

“Part 2B

  • Separation of the Legal Jurisdiction of England and Wales
  • Introductory
  • 92B New legal jurisdictions of England and of Wales
  • The legal jurisdiction of England and Wales becomes two separate legal jurisdictions, that of England and that of Wales.

...

The amendment went on to cover the "Separation of the law" and the "Separation of the Senior Courts".

An explanatory note accompanying the rejected amendment stated:

  • This amendment replaces the Bill’s proposed recognition of Welsh law with provisions to separate the legal jurisdictions of England and of Wales, as drafted by the Welsh Government.

The text in the Bill which the rejected amendment sought to replace was within Clause 1[2] and stated:

  • 92B Recognition of Welsh law
  • (1) There is a body of Welsh law made by the Assembly and the Welsh Ministers.
  • (2) The purpose of this section is, with due regard to the other provisions of this Act, to recognise the ability of the Assembly and the Welsh Ministers to make law forming part of the law of England and Wales.”

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Guto BebbAberconwyCon (front bench)no
Kirsty BlackmanAberdeen NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Callum McCaigAberdeen SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Neil GrayAirdrie and ShottsSNP (front bench)aye
Wendy MortonAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)no
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)aye
Hywel WilliamsArfonPC (front bench)aye
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConno
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)no
David LidingtonAylesburyCon (front bench)no
Victoria PrentisBanburyCon (front bench)no
Eilidh WhitefordBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)aye
John BaronBasildon and BillericayCon (front bench)no
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)no
Jane EllisonBatterseaCon (front bench)no
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldCon (front bench)no
Bob StewartBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Richard FullerBedfordCon (front bench)no
Anne-Marie TrevelyanBerwick-upon-TweedCon (front bench)no
Calum KerrBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkSNP (front bench)tellaye
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessConno
Huw MerrimanBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)no
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordCon (front bench)no
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysConno
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)no
Chris GreenBolton WestCon (front bench)no
David TredinnickBosworthConno
Tobias EllwoodBournemouth EastCon (front bench)no
Conor BurnsBournemouth WestConno
Phillip LeeBracknellConno
James CleverlyBraintreeCon (front bench)no
Chris DaviesBrecon and RadnorshireCon (front bench)no
Eric PicklesBrentwood and OngarConno
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)no
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)no
Simon KirbyBrighton, KemptownCon (front bench)tellno
Keith SimpsonBroadlandConno
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no
Anna SoubryBroxtoweCon (front bench)no
Andrew GriffithsBurtonConno
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
Jo ChurchillBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)no
Paul MonaghanCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossSNP (front bench)aye
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyConno
George EusticeCamborne and RedruthCon (front bench)no
Amanda MillingCannock ChaseCon (front bench)no
Julian BrazierCanterburyCon (front bench)no
Craig WilliamsCardiff NorthCon (front bench)no
John StevensonCarlisleCon (front bench)no
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Simon HartCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireCon (front bench)no
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointCon (front bench)no
Philippa WhitfordCentral AyrshireSNP (front bench)aye
Mel StrideCentral DevonCon (front bench)no
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichCon (front bench)no
Edward ArgarCharnwoodCon (front bench)no
Mary RobinsonCheadleCon (front bench)no
Alex ChalkCheltenhamCon (front bench)no
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConno
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterConno
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)no
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)no
Phil BoswellCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillSNPaye
Will QuinceColchesterCon (front bench)no
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyConno
Tom PursgloveCorbyConno
Edward TimpsonCrewe and NantwichCon (front bench)no
Gavin BarwellCroydon CentralCon (front bench)no
Chris PhilpCroydon SouthCon (front bench)no
Stuart McDonaldCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastSNP (front bench)aye
Gareth JohnsonDartfordConno
Chris Heaton-HarrisDaventryConno
Amanda SollowayDerby NorthCon (front bench)no
Patrick McLoughlinDerbyshire DalesCon (front bench)no
Claire PerryDevizesCon (front bench)no
Charlie ElphickeDoverCon (front bench)no
Mike WoodDudley SouthConno
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye
Douglas ChapmanDunfermline and West FifeSNP (front bench)aye
Liz Saville-RobertsDwyfor MeirionnyddPC (front bench)aye
Hugo SwireEast DevonCon (front bench)no
Damian HindsEast HampshireCon (front bench)no
George KerevanEast LothianSNP (front bench)aye
Sam GyimahEast SurreyCon (front bench)no
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamCon (front bench)no
Greg KnightEast YorkshireConno
Caroline AnsellEastbourneCon (front bench)no
Mims DaviesEastleighCon (front bench)no
Antoinette SandbachEddisburyCon (front bench)no
Tommy SheppardEdinburgh EastSNP (front bench)aye
Joanna CherryEdinburgh South WestSNP (front bench)aye
Michelle ThomsonEdinburgh Westwhilst Independent (front bench)aye
Alec ShelbrookeElmet and RothwellCon (front bench)no
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateCon (front bench)no
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)no
Maggie ThroupErewashCon (front bench)no
Dominic RaabEsher and WaltonCon (front bench)no
John McNallyFalkirkSNP (front bench)aye
Suella FernandesFarehamCon (front bench)no
Helen WhatelyFaversham and Mid KentCon (front bench)no
Tom ElliottFermanagh and South TyroneUUPno
Jack LoprestiFilton and Bradley StokeCon (front bench)no
Damian CollinsFolkestone and HytheConno
Mark HarperForest of DeanCon (front bench)no
Mark MenziesFyldeCon (front bench)no
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamConno
Alison ThewlissGlasgow CentralSNP (front bench)aye
Patrick GradyGlasgow NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Carol MonaghanGlasgow North WestSNP (front bench)aye
Chris StephensGlasgow South WestSNPaye
Richard GrahamGloucesterCon (front bench)no
Byron DaviesGowerCon (front bench)no
Nicholas BolesGrantham and StamfordCon (front bench)no
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthCon (front bench)no
Anne MiltonGuildfordCon (front bench)no
James MorrisHalesowen and Rowley RegisConno
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConno
Robert HalfonHarlowCon (front bench)no
Andrew JonesHarrogate and KnaresboroughCon (front bench)no
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Alan MakHavantCon (front bench)no
William WraggHazel GroveCon (front bench)no
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadCon (front bench)no
Matthew OffordHendonConno
John HowellHenleyCon (front bench)no
Jesse NormanHereford and South HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordCon (front bench)no
Oliver DowdenHertsmereCon (front bench)no
Guy OppermanHexhamCon (front bench)no
Andrew BinghamHigh PeakConno
Jeremy QuinHorshamCon (front bench)no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonConno
Ronnie CowanInverclydeSNP (front bench)aye
Drew HendryInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeySNP (front bench)aye
Ben GummerIpswichCon (front bench)no
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)no
Kris HopkinsKeighleyCon (front bench)no
Victoria BorwickKensingtonCon (front bench)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Alan BrownKilmarnock and LoudounSNPaye
James BerryKingston and SurbitonCon (front bench)no
Chris SkidmoreKingswoodConno
Roger MullinKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathSNP (front bench)aye
Angela CrawleyLanark and Hamilton EastSNP (front bench)aye
Maria CaulfieldLewesCon (front bench)no
Karl McCartneyLincolnCon (front bench)no
Martyn DayLinlithgow and East FalkirkSNP (front bench)aye
Hannah BardellLivingstonSNP (front bench)aye
Nicky MorganLoughboroughCon (front bench)no
Victoria AtkinsLouth and HorncastleCon (front bench)no
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)no
David RutleyMacclesfieldConno
Helen GrantMaidstone and The WealdCon (front bench)no
John WhittingdaleMaldonCon (front bench)no
George HollingberyMeon ValleyCon (front bench)no
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)no
Michael TomlinsonMid Dorset and North PooleConno
George FreemanMid NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Nigel HuddlestonMid WorcestershireConno
Owen ThompsonMidlothianSNP (front bench)tellaye
Mark LancasterMilton Keynes NorthCon (front bench)no
Iain StewartMilton Keynes SouthCon (front bench)no
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyCon (front bench)no
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)no
Glyn DaviesMontgomeryshireCon (front bench)no
Angus RobertsonMoraySNP (front bench)aye
Angus MacNeilNa h-Eileanan an IarSNP (front bench)aye
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)no
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Robert JenrickNewarkConno
Richard BenyonNewburyCon (front bench)no
Anne Marie MorrisNewton AbbotConno
Patricia GibsonNorth Ayrshire and ArranSNP (front bench)aye
Scott MannNorth CornwallConno
Peter Heaton-JonesNorth DevonCon (front bench)no
Simon HoareNorth DorsetCon (front bench)no
Sylvia HermonNorth DownIndependent (front bench)aye
Alistair BurtNorth East BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Steve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Stephen GethinsNorth East FifeSNP (front bench)aye
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConno
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireConno
Liam FoxNorth SomersetConno
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Craig TraceyNorth WarwickshireCon (front bench)no
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Kit MalthouseNorth West HampshireConno
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkConno
Michael EllisNorthampton NorthConno
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthConno
Tasmina Ahmed-SheikhOchil and South PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye
James BrokenshireOld Bexley and SidcupCon (front bench)no
Jo JohnsonOrpingtonCon (front bench)no
Nicola BlackwoodOxford West and AbingdonCon (front bench)no
Gavin NewlandsPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Andrew StephensonPendleConno
Rory StewartPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)no
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughCon (front bench)no
Johnny MercerPlymouth, Moor ViewCon (front bench)no
Oliver ColvilePlymouth, Sutton and DevonportCon (front bench)no
Robert SymsPooleConno
Penny MordauntPortsmouth NorthCon (front bench)no
Flick DrummondPortsmouth SouthCon (front bench)no
Stephen CrabbPreseli PembrokeshireCon (front bench)no
Stuart AndrewPudseyConno
Rob WilsonReading EastCon (front bench)no
Alok SharmaReading WestConno
Karen LumleyRedditchCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)no
Rishi SunakRichmond (Yorks)Con (front bench)no
Kelly TolhurstRochester and StroodCon (front bench)no
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Caroline NokesRomsey and Southampton NorthConno
Ian BlackfordRoss, Skye and LochaberSNP (front bench)aye
Jake BerryRossendale and DarwenCon (front bench)no
Nick HurdRuislip, Northwood and PinnerCon (front bench)no
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeConno
Alan HaselhurstSaffron WaldenCon (front bench)no
John GlenSalisburyCon (front bench)no
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)no
Mark SpencerSherwoodCon (front bench)no
Gordon HendersonSittingbourne and SheppeyConno
Julian SmithSkipton and RiponCon (front bench)no
Stephen PhillipsSleaford and North HykehamCon (front bench)no
Julian KnightSolihullCon (front bench)no
David WarburtonSomerton and FromeConno
Stephen MetcalfeSouth Basildon and East ThurrockConno
Heidi AllenSouth CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Richard DraxSouth DorsetCon (front bench)no
Margaret RitchieSouth DownSDLP (front bench)aye
Lucy FrazerSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Sheryll MurraySouth East CornwallConno
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)no
Alberto CostaSouth LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)no
Seema KennedySouth RibbleConno
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireConno
James CartlidgeSouth SuffolkCon (front bench)no
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Craig MackinlaySouth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Gary StreeterSouth West DevonCon (front bench)no
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
Elizabeth TrussSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Jeremy HuntSouth West SurreyCon (front bench)no
Andrew MurrisonSouth West WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Royston SmithSouthampton, ItchenConno
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Kwasi KwartengSpelthorneCon (front bench)no
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)no
Steve DoubleSt Austell and NewquayCon (front bench)no
Derek ThomasSt IvesCon (front bench)no
Stephen McPartlandStevenageConno
Steven PatersonStirlingSNPaye
James WhartonStockton SouthCon (front bench)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Margot JamesStourbridgeCon (front bench)tellno
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUP (front bench)no
Neil CarmichaelStroudCon (front bench)no
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalCon (front bench)no
Michael GoveSurrey HeathCon (front bench)no
Paul ScullySutton and CheamCon (front bench)no
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConno
Christopher PincherTamworthCon (front bench)no
Rebecca PowTaunton DeaneCon (front bench)no
Lucy AllanTelfordCon (front bench)no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownThe CotswoldsCon (front bench)no
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)no
Kevin HollinrakeThirsk and MaltonCon (front bench)no
Luke HallThornbury and YateCon (front bench)no
Jackie Doyle-PriceThurrockCon (front bench)no
Neil ParishTiverton and HonitonCon (front bench)no
Kevin FosterTorbayCon (front bench)no
Geoffrey CoxTorridge and West DevonConno
Sarah WollastonTotnesCon (front bench)no
Sarah NewtonTruro and FalmouthCon (front bench)no
Tania MathiasTwickenhamCon (front bench)no
David SimpsonUpper BannDUP (front bench)no
Boris JohnsonUxbridge and South RuislipConno
James DaviesVale of ClwydCon (front bench)no
Alun CairnsVale of GlamorganCon (front bench)no
Ed VaizeyWantageCon (front bench)no
David MowatWarrington SouthCon (front bench)no
Chris WhiteWarwick and LeamingtonCon (front bench)no
Peter AldousWaveneyCon (front bench)no
Nusrat GhaniWealdenCon (front bench)no
Graham EvansWeaver ValeConno
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
James HeappeyWellsCon (front bench)no
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldConno
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)no
Martin DochertyWest DunbartonshireSNPaye
Matthew HancockWest SuffolkCon (front bench)no
Harriett BaldwinWest WorcestershireCon (front bench)no
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareCon (front bench)no
Stephen HammondWimbledonCon (front bench)no
Steve BrineWinchesterConno
Priti PatelWithamCon (front bench)no
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Robin WalkerWorcesterCon (front bench)no
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)no
Ben WallaceWyre and Preston NorthCon (front bench)no
Mark GarnierWyre ForestCon (front bench)no
Marcus FyshYeovilConno
Julian SturdyYork OuterCon (front bench)no

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