Higher Education and Research Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 8 Mar 2017 at 17:15

Moved by The Duke of Wellington

62: Clause 26, page 16, line 10, leave out “give ratings” and insert “assess”

Moved by Viscount Younger of Leckie

70: Clause 26, page 16, line 43, leave out subsection (5)

71: Clause 26, page 16, line 44, leave out subsection (6)

Moved by Lord Blunkett

72: Clause 26, leave out Clause 26 and insert the following new Clause-“Scheme to provide information about the quality of higher education and higher education teaching(1) The Secretary of State must by order bring forward a scheme to assess and provide consistent and reliable information about the quality of education and teaching at English higher education providers and at higher education providers in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland which apply to participate in such a scheme.(2) The scheme must be wholly or mainly based on the systems in place in higher education providers which ensure that the courses offered are taught to a high standard.(3) The Secretary of State, or that body designated by the Secretary of State to develop such a scheme, must, before such a scheme is introduced, and on a regular basis thereafter, obtain independent evaluations, including an evaluation from the Office for National Statistics, of the validity of any data or metrics included in such a scheme.(4) Any scheme introduced must evaluate and report on whether an institution meets expectations or fails to meet expectations on quality measures, but must not be used to create a single composite ranking of English higher education providers.(5) The Secretary of State’s power to make an order under subsection (1) is exercisable by statutory instrument, a draft of which must be laid before, and approved by, a resolution of each House of Parliament.”

Ayes 280, Noes 186.

Debate in Parliament |

Public Whip is run as a free not-for-profit service. If you'd like to support us, please consider switching your (UK) electricity and/or gas to Octopus Energy or tip us via Ko-Fi.

All Votes Cast - sorted by vote

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party are marked in red. Also shows which lords were ministers at the time of this vote. You can also see every eligible lord including those who did not vote in this division.

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Aberdare Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Adams of CraigieleaLabaye
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Ahmed Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Alderdice LDemaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Armstrong of Hill TopLab (minister)aye
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-HamdonLDemaye
Baroness Bakewell Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington MandevilleLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Barker LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)tellaye
Lord Beecham Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Benjamin LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Berkeley Labaye
Lord Berkeley of KnightonCrossbenchaye
Lord Bew Crossbenchaye
Lord Bichard Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Bilimoria Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Blackstone Lab (minister)aye
Lord Blunkett Labaye
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Bradley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Bradshaw LDemaye
Lord Bragg Labaye
Baroness Brinton LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Broers Crossbenchaye
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLab (minister)aye
Lord Brookman Labaye
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-HeywoodJudge (front bench)aye
Lord Bruce of BennachieLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Burnett LDemaye
Lord Burns Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Burt of SolihullLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Cameron of DillingtonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Campbell-Savours Lab (minister)aye
Lord Campbell of PittenweemLDemaye
Lord Carlile of BerriewCrossbenchaye
Lord Carter of ColesLab (minister)aye
Lord Cashman Labaye
Baroness Chakrabarti Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Chandos Labaye
The Bishop of ChesterBishopaye
Lord Chidgey LDemaye
Lord Christopher Labaye
The Earl of ClancartyCrossbenchaye
Lord Clark of WindermereLabaye
Lord Clinton-Davis Labaye
Baroness Cohen of PimlicoLab (minister)aye
Lord Collins of HighburyLab (minister)aye
Baroness Corston Labaye
Lord Cotter LDemaye
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchaye
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Cromwell Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Cunningham of FellingLab (minister)aye
Lord Curry of KirkharleCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness D'Souza Crossbenchaye
Lord Darling of RoulanishLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of StamfordLab (minister)aye
Baroness Deech Crossbenchaye
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Donaghy Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Drake Lab (minister)aye
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)aye
Lord Eames Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Elder Labaye
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchaye
Viscount Falkland Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLab (minister)aye
Lord Fellowes Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbenchaye
Lord Foster of Bishop AucklandLabaye
Lord Foulkes of CumnockLab (minister)aye
Lord Fox LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDem (front bench)aye
Lord German LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Giddens Labaye
The Earl of GlasgowLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Goddard of StockportLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Golding Labaye
Lord Gordon of StrathblaneLabaye
Baroness Goudie Lab (minister)aye
Lord Grantchester Lab (minister)aye
Lord Greenway Crossbenchaye
Baroness Grey-Thompson Crossbenchaye
Lord Grocott Lab (minister)aye
Lord Hain Labaye
Baroness Hamwee LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)aye
Viscount Hanworth Lab (minister)aye
Lord Harris of HaringeyLab (minister)aye
Lord Harrison Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Haskel Lab (minister)aye
Lord Haworth Labaye
Baroness Hayman Crossbenchaye
Baroness Hayter of Kentish TownLab (minister)aye
Baroness Healy of Primrose HillLabaye
Baroness Henig Lab (minister)aye
Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Hilton of EggardonLab (minister)aye
Lord Hollick Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Hollis of HeighamLab (minister)aye
Lord Hope of CraigheadJudge (front bench)aye
Lord Howarth of NewportLabaye
Baroness Howells of St DavidsLabaye
Lord Hoyle Labaye
Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabaye
Baroness Humphreys LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Hussain LDemaye
Baroness Hussein-Ece LDemaye
Lord Hylton Crossbenchaye
Lord Irvine of LairgLab (minister)aye
Baroness Janke LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Jay of EwelmeCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Jay of PaddingtonLab (minister)aye
Baroness Jolly LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemaye
Baroness Jones of MoulsecoombGreenaye
Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab (minister)aye
Lord Jordan Labaye
Baroness Jowell Labaye
Lord Judd Lab (minister)aye
Lord Judge Judge (front bench)aye
Lord Kakkar Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Lord Kinnock Labaye
Baroness Kinnock of HolyheadLabaye
The Earl of KinnoullCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Kirkhill Labaye
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Knight of WeymouthLabaye
Baroness Kramer LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Krebs Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Lane-Fox of SohoCrossbenchaye
Lord Lea of CrondallLabaye
Lord Lee of TraffordLDemaye
Lord Lennie Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Liddell of CoatdykeLab (minister)aye
Lord Liddle Lab (minister)aye
Lord Lipsey Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Lister of BurtersettLabaye
The Earl of ListowelCrossbenchaye
Lord Lisvane Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Loomba Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Lucas Conaye
Lord Luce Crossbenchaye
Baroness Ludford LDem (front bench)aye
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabaye
Lord Mackenzie of FramwellgateNon-affiliatedaye
Lord Maclennan of RogartLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Mair Crossbench (front bench)aye
The Countess of MarCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbenchaye
Baroness Massey of DarwenLab (minister)aye
Lord Mawson Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Maxton Lab (minister)aye
Lord McAvoy Lab (minister)aye
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)aye
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)aye
Lord McNally LDemaye
Baroness Meacher Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Mendelsohn Lab (minister)aye
Lord Monks Labaye
Lord Morris of AberavonLab (minister)aye
Lord Morris of HandsworthLab (minister)aye
Baroness Morris of YardleyLabaye
Lord Murphy of TorfaenLabaye
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord O'Neill of ClackmannanLab (minister)aye
Lord Oates LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Oxburgh Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Paddick LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Palmer of Childs HillLDemaye
Baroness Parminter LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Patel of BradfordLabaye
Lord Pendry Labaye
Baroness Pinnock LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Pitkeathley Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Prashar Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Prescott Labaye
Baroness Prosser Lab (minister)aye
Lord Purvis of TweedLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Quin Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLabaye
Lord Ramsbotham Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Randerson LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Rea Labaye
Lord Redesdale LDemaye
Lord Rees of LudlowCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Reid of CardowanLab (minister)aye
Lord Rennard LDemaye
Lord Richard Lab (minister)aye
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDemaye
Lord Robertson of Port EllenLabaye
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Rooker Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rosser Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Rowlands Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Royall of BlaisdonLabaye
Lord Sawyer Labaye
Lord Sharkey LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Sheehan LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Sherlock Lab (minister)aye
Lord Shipley LDemaye
Viscount Simon Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Slim Crossbenchaye
Baroness Smith of BasildonLab (minister)aye
Lord Smith of FinsburyNon-affiliatedaye
Baroness Smith of NewnhamLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Snape Labaye
Lord Soley Lab (minister)aye
The Duke of SomersetCrossbenchaye
Lord Steel of AikwoodLDemaye
Lord Stephen LDemaye
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraLab (minister)aye
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Stone of BlackheathLabaye
Lord Stoneham of DroxfordLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Storey LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Suttie LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Taverne LDemaye
Baroness Taylor of BoltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Taylor of Goss MoorLDemaye
Lord Teverson LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Thornhill LDemaye
Baroness Thornton Labaye
Viscount Thurso LDemaye
Lord Tomlinson Labaye
Baroness Tonge Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Tope LDemaye
Lord Touhig Lab (minister)aye
Lord Trees Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Triesman Lab (minister)aye
Lord Truscott Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Tunnicliffe Lab (minister)tellaye
Lord Tyler LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Tyler of EnfieldLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Uddin Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDemaye
Lord Wallace of TankernessLDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Walmsley LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Warner Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Watson of InvergowrieLab (minister)aye
Lord Watts Lab (minister)aye
Viscount Waverley Crossbenchaye
The Duke of WellingtonCon (front bench)aye
Lord West of SpitheadLab (minister)aye
Baroness Wheeler Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Whitaker Labaye
Lord Whitty Lab (minister)aye
Lord Wigley PCaye
Lord Willis of KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchaye
Lord Winston Labaye
Baroness Wolf of DulwichCrossbenchaye
Lord Woolf Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLab (minister)aye
Lord Wrigglesworth LDem (front bench)aye
Baroness Young of Old SconeLab (minister)aye
Lord Ahmad of WimbledonCon (front bench)no
Baroness Altmann Conno
Baroness Anelay of St JohnsCon (front bench)no
Lord Arbuthnot of EdromConno
The Earl of ArranConno
Lord Astor of HeverConno
Earl Attlee Con (front bench)no
Lord Baker of DorkingConno
Lord Bates Con (front bench)no
Lord Bell Conno
Baroness Berridge Con (front bench)no
Lord Black of BrentwoodConno
Lord Blencathra Conno
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton WaldristConno
Lord Borwick Con (front bench)no
Baroness Bottomley of NettlestoneConno
Lord Bourne of AberystwythCon (front bench)no
Lord Bowness Con (front bench)no
Lord Brabazon of TaraCon (front bench)no
Baroness Brady Conno
Viscount Bridgeman Con (front bench)no
Lord Brougham and Vaux Con (front bench)no
Lord Browne of BelmontDUPno
Baroness Browning Con (front bench)no
Baroness Buscombe Con (front bench)no
Baroness Byford Conno
The Earl of CaithnessCon (front bench)no
Lord Callanan Con (front bench)no
Lord Carrington of FulhamConno
Earl Cathcart Con (front bench)no
Lord Cavendish of FurnessConno
Baroness Chisholm of OwlpenConno
Lord Colwyn Conno
Lord Cope of BerkeleyCon (front bench)no
The Earl of CourtownCon (front bench)tellno
Baroness Couttie Conno
Lord Crathorne Conno
Lord Crickhowell Con (front bench)no
Lord Dear Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Deighton Con (front bench)no
Lord Dixon-Smith Conno
Lord Dobbs Conno
The Earl of DundeeConno
Lord Dunlop Con (front bench)no
Lord Dykes Crossbenchno
Baroness Eaton Con (front bench)no
Viscount Eccles Con (front bench)no
Baroness Eccles of MoultonCon (front bench)no
Lord Elton Con (front bench)no
Lord Empey UUP (front bench)no
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchno
Lord Fairfax of CameronConno
Baroness Fall Conno
Lord Faulks Conno
Lord Fellowes of West StaffordConno
Lord Fink Con (front bench)no
Baroness Finn Conno
Lord Flight Con (front bench)no
Baroness Fookes Con (front bench)no
Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)no
Lord Framlingham Conno
Lord Freeman Conno
Lord Gadhia Non-affiliatedno
Lord Gardiner of KimbleCon (front bench)no
Baroness Gardner of ParkesConno
Lord Geddes Con (front bench)no
Lord Gilbert of PantegCon (front bench)no
Lord Gold Conno
Baroness Goldie Con (front bench)no
Lord Goodlad Con (front bench)no
Lord Green of HurstpierpointCon (front bench)no
Lord Hague of RichmondConno
Viscount Hailsham Conno
Lord Hamilton of EpsomCon (front bench)no
Baroness Hanham Conno
Baroness Harding of WinscombeConno
Lord Hay of BallyoreDUPno
Lord Hayward Conno
Baroness Helic Con (front bench)no
Lord Henley Con (front bench)no
Lord Higgins Conno
Baroness Hodgson of AbingerConno
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsCon (front bench)no
Lord Holmes of RichmondCon (front bench)no
The Earl of HomeConno
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)no
Lord Horam Con (front bench)no
Lord Howard of LympneConno
Lord Howard of RisingConno
Earl Howe Con (front bench)no
Lord Howell of GuildfordCon (front bench)no
Lord Hunt of WirralCon (front bench)no
Lord Inglewood Con (front bench)no
Lord James of BlackheathConno
Lord Keen of ElieCon (front bench)no
Lord King of BridgwaterConno
Lord Kirkhope of HarrogateConno
Lord Lamont of LerwickCon (front bench)no
Lord Lang of MonktonCon (front bench)no
Lord Lansley Con (front bench)no
Lord Leigh of HurleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Lexden Con (front bench)no
The Earl of LindsayCon (front bench)no
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
Lord Livingston of ParkheadConno
The Marquess of LothianConno
Lord Lupton Con (front bench)no
The Earl of LyttonCrossbenchno
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)no
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)no
Lord MacLaurin of KnebworthConno
Lord Magan of CastletownCon (front bench)no
Lord Mancroft Con (front bench)no
Baroness Manzoor Conno
Lord Marland Conno
Lord Marlesford Conno
Lord McColl of DulwichCon (front bench)no
Lord McInnes of KilwinningConno
Baroness McIntosh of PickeringCon (front bench)no
Baroness Mobarik Con (front bench)no
Baroness Mone Conno
Baroness Morris of BoltonCon (front bench)no
Lord Morrow DUPno
Lord Moynihan Con (front bench)no
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Lord Nash Con (front bench)no
Baroness Neville-Jones Con (front bench)no
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Con (front bench)no
Baroness Nicholson of WinterbourneConno
Lord Northbourne Crossbenchno
Lord Northbrook Con (front bench)no
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)no
Lord O'Shaughnessy Con (front bench)no
The Bishop of OxfordBishopno
Lord Palumbo Conno
Baroness Pidding Conno
Lord Polak Con (front bench)no
Lord Popat Conno
Lord Porter of SpaldingConno
Lord Price Con (front bench)no
Lord Prior of BramptonCon (front bench)no
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)no
Baroness Redfern Con (front bench)no
Viscount Ridley Con (front bench)no
Lord Risby Con (front bench)no
Lord Robathan Conno
Baroness Rock Conno
Lord Rogan UUPno
Lord Sanderson of BowdenConno
The Earl of SandwichCrossbenchno
Baroness Scott of BybrookConno
Baroness Seccombe Con (front bench)no
Lord Selkirk of DouglasCon (front bench)no
Lord Selsdon Conno
Baroness Shackleton of BelgraviaCon (front bench)no
Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Sheikh Con (front bench)no
Baroness Shephard of NorthwoldConno
Lord Sherbourne of DidsburyCon (front bench)no
Baroness Shields Con (front bench)no
Lord Shinkwin Con (front bench)no
Lord Skelmersdale Con (front bench)no
Lord Smith of HindheadCon (front bench)no
Lord Spicer Conno
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Baroness Stowell of BeestonCon (front bench)no
Lord Strathclyde Conno
Baroness Stroud Conno
Baroness Sugg Conno
Lord Suri Conno
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)tellno
Lord Tebbit Conno
Lord Trefgarne Con (front bench)no
Viscount Trenchard Conno
Lord Trimble Con (front bench)no
Lord True Con (front bench)no
Viscount Ullswater Con (front bench)no
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)no
Lord Wakeham Con (front bench)no
Lord Wei Con (front bench)no
Baroness Wheatcroft Con (front bench)no
Baroness Wilcox Con (front bench)no
Lord Willetts Conno
Baroness Williams of TraffordCon (front bench)no
Lord Young of CookhamCon (front bench)no
Viscount Younger of LeckieCon (front bench)no

About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive