Space Industry Bill — Launches — Cap on Licensees' Liability Limit — 6 Feb 2018 at 15:30

The majority of MPs voted not to cap the launch related liability of those licensed to carry out space launches.

MPs were discussing the Space Industry Bill[1]

The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: Cap on licensees’ liability limit and stated:

  • “(1) The Secretary of State must, within 12 months of this Act receiving Royal Assent, lay a report before Parliament setting out plans for a cap on licensees’ liability.
  • (2) Before exercising their duties under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must carry out a consultation on what an appropriate maximum limit would be on the amount of a licensee’s liability, and lay a report before Parliament setting this out.
  • (3) The report under subsection (1) must provide for, but is not limited to—
  • (a) a maximum limit on the amount of a particular licensee’s liability for each launch undertaken by the operator;
  • (b) a maximum limit on the amount of licensees’ liability for each launch classification type;
  • (c) divisions of responsibility and the level of liability for parties’ spaceflight activities, including—
  • (i) the Spaceport;
  • (ii) the launch operator; and
  • (iii) the satellite operator.
  • (4) In subsection (3) “launch classification type” means the level of risk attached to each type of launch as determined by the regulator.
  • (5) Before exercising their duties under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive and have regard to their views in respect of any proposed regulations.
  • (6) As well as consulting those under subsection (5) the Secretary of State must consult with—
  • (a) UKspace, and
  • (b) any other such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.”

The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:

  • This new clause would require the Government to consult on and set a mandatory cap on licensees’ liability for each individual launch, based on the classification type of each launch.

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Debate in Parliament |

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Guto BebbAberconwywhilst Con (front bench)no
Kirsty BlackmanAberdeen NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Ross ThomsonAberdeen SouthCon (front bench)no
Neil GrayAirdrie and ShottsSNP (front bench)aye
Leo DochertyAldershotCon (front bench)no
Wendy MortonAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)no
Kirstene HairAngusCon (front bench)no
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConno
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)no
Bill GrantAyr, Carrick and CumnockCon (front bench)no
Victoria PrentisBanburyCon (front bench)no
David DuguidBanff and BuchanCon (front bench)no
John BaronBasildon and BillericayConno
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)no
Wera HobhouseBathLDem (front bench)aye
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldwhilst Con (front bench)no
Nigel DoddsBelfast NorthDUP (front bench)no
John LamontBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkCon (front bench)no
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessCon (front bench)no
Huw MerrimanBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)no
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordCon (front bench)no
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysCon (front bench)no
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)no
Chris GreenBolton WestCon (front bench)no
Matt WarmanBoston and SkegnessConno
David TredinnickBosworthConno
Conor BurnsBournemouth WestConno
Phillip LeeBracknellwhilst Con (front bench)no
James CleverlyBraintreeCon (front bench)no
Chris DaviesBrecon and RadnorshireCon (front bench)no
Alex BurghartBrentwood and OngarCon (front bench)no
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)no
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleConno
Keith SimpsonBroadlandConno
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)no
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no
Andrew GriffithsBurtonCon (front bench)no
Jo ChurchillBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)no
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyCon (front bench)no
George EusticeCamborne and RedruthCon (front bench)no
Amanda MillingCannock ChaseCon (front bench)no
John StevensonCarlisleCon (front bench)no
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Tom BrakeCarshalton and WallingtonLDem (front bench)aye
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointCon (front bench)no
Mel StrideCentral DevonCon (front bench)no
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichCon (front bench)no
Ben LakeCeredigionPC (front bench)aye
Edward ArgarCharnwoodConno
Mary RobinsonCheadleCon (front bench)no
Vicky FordChelmsfordCon (front bench)no
Greg HandsChelsea and FulhamCon (front bench)no
Alex ChalkCheltenhamCon (front bench)no
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamCon (front bench)no
Gillian KeeganChichesterCon (front bench)no
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConno
Michelle DonelanChippenhamCon (front bench)no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)no
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)no
Will QuinceColchesterCon (front bench)no
Fiona BruceCongletonCon (front bench)no
Trudy HarrisonCopelandCon (front bench)no
Tom PursgloveCorbyConno
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)no
Chris PhilpCroydon SouthConno
Stuart McDonaldCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastSNP (front bench)aye
Gareth JohnsonDartfordConno
Chris Heaton-HarrisDaventryCon (front bench)no
Patrick McLoughlinDerbyshire DalesConno
Claire PerryDevizesCon (front bench)no
Charlie ElphickeDoverwhilst Independent (front bench)no
Mike WoodDudley SouthConno
Alister JackDumfries and GallowayCon (front bench)no
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon (front bench)no
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye
Chris LawDundee WestSNP (front bench)aye
Hugo SwireEast DevonConno
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)aye
Damian HindsEast HampshireCon (front bench)no
Lisa CameronEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowSNP (front bench)aye
Paul MastertonEast RenfrewshireCon (front bench)no
Sam GyimahEast Surreywhilst Con (front bench)no
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamCon (front bench)no
Greg KnightEast YorkshireConno
Stephen LloydEastbournewhilst LDem (front bench)aye
Mims DaviesEastleighCon (front bench)tellno
Antoinette SandbachEddisburywhilst Con (front bench)no
Tommy SheppardEdinburgh EastSNP (front bench)aye
Deidre BrockEdinburgh North and LeithSNP (front bench)aye
Christine JardineEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)aye
Alec ShelbrookeElmet and RothwellConno
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)no
Maggie ThroupErewashCon (front bench)no
Dominic RaabEsher and WaltonCon (front bench)no
Suella BravermanFarehamCon (front bench)no
Helen WhatelyFaversham and Mid KentConno
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)no
Mark HarperForest of DeanConno
Mark MenziesFyldeCon (front bench)no
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamCon (front bench)no
Alison ThewlissGlasgow CentralSNP (front bench)tellaye
David LindenGlasgow EastSNP (front bench)tellaye
Patrick GradyGlasgow NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Carol MonaghanGlasgow North WestSNP (front bench)aye
Stewart McDonaldGlasgow SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Chris StephensGlasgow South WestSNP (front bench)aye
Peter GrantGlenrothesSNP (front bench)aye
Richard GrahamGloucesterCon (front bench)no
Colin ClarkGordonCon (front bench)no
Caroline DinenageGosportCon (front bench)no
Nicholas BolesGrantham and Stamfordwhilst Conno
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthCon (front bench)no
Anne MiltonGuildfordwhilst Con (front bench)no
James MorrisHalesowen and Rowley RegisCon (front bench)no
Neil O'BrienHarboroughCon (front bench)no
Robert HalfonHarlowCon (front bench)no
Andrew JonesHarrogate and KnaresboroughCon (front bench)no
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)no
Amber RuddHastings and Ryewhilst Con (front bench)no
Alan MakHavantConno
William WraggHazel GroveCon (front bench)no
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadConno
Matthew OffordHendonCon (front bench)no
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
Bim AfolamiHitchin and HarpendenCon (front bench)no
Jeremy QuinHorshamCon (front bench)no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)no
Drew HendryInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeySNP (front bench)aye
Bob SeelyIsle of WightConno
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamCon (front bench)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
Chris SkidmoreKingswoodCon (front bench)no
Maria CaulfieldLewesCon (front bench)no
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)no
Martyn DayLinlithgow and East FalkirkSNP (front bench)aye
Nicky MorganLoughboroughCon (front bench)no
Victoria AtkinsLouth and HorncastleCon (front bench)no
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)no
David RutleyMacclesfieldCon (front bench)no
Helen GrantMaidstone and The WealdCon (front bench)no
John WhittingdaleMaldonCon (front bench)no
Ben BradleyMansfieldCon (front bench)no
George HollingberyMeon ValleyConno
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)no
Pauline LathamMid DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Michael TomlinsonMid Dorset and North PooleCon (front bench)no
George FreemanMid NorfolkConno
Nicholas SoamesMid Sussexwhilst Conno
Nigel HuddlestonMid WorcestershireConno
Simon ClarkeMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandCon (front bench)no
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
Douglas RossMorayCon (front bench)no
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleCon (front bench)no
Andrea JenkynsMorley and OutwoodCon (front bench)no
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Robert JenrickNewarkCon (front bench)no
Richard BenyonNewburywhilst Conno
Anne Marie MorrisNewton AbbotConno
Ian Paisley JnrNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Patricia GibsonNorth Ayrshire and ArranSNP (front bench)aye
Scott MannNorth CornwallConno
Peter Heaton-JonesNorth DevonConno
Simon HoareNorth DorsetCon (front bench)no
Alistair BurtNorth East Bedfordshirewhilst Con (front bench)no
Steve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Lee RowleyNorth East DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Stephen GethinsNorth East FifeSNP (front bench)aye
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye
Liam FoxNorth SomersetCon (front bench)no
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonConno
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Craig TraceyNorth WarwickshireConno
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Kit MalthouseNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)no
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Michael EllisNorthampton NorthCon (front bench)no
Andrew LewerNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)no
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthCon (front bench)no
Marcus JonesNuneatonCon (front bench)no
Luke GrahamOchil and South PerthshireCon (front bench)no
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Jo JohnsonOrpingtonCon (front bench)no
Layla MoranOxford West and AbingdonLDem (front bench)aye
Gavin NewlandsPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Andrew StephensonPendleCon (front bench)no
Rory StewartPenrith and The Borderwhilst Con (front bench)no
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)no
Penny MordauntPortsmouth NorthCon (front bench)no
Stephen CrabbPreseli PembrokeshireCon (front bench)no
Stuart AndrewPudseyCon (front bench)no
Justine GreeningPutneywhilst Conno
Alok SharmaReading WestCon (front bench)no
Rachel MacleanRedditchCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateConno
Rishi SunakRichmond (Yorks)Con (front bench)no
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)no
Kelly TolhurstRochester and StroodCon (front bench)tellno
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Caroline NokesRomsey and Southampton Northwhilst Con (front bench)no
Ian BlackfordRoss, Skye and LochaberSNP (front bench)aye
Jake BerryRossendale and DarwenCon (front bench)no
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)no
Nick HurdRuislip, Northwood and PinnerCon (front bench)no
Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonCon (front bench)no
Kemi BadenochSaffron WaldenCon (front bench)no
John GlenSalisburyCon (front bench)no
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)no
Nigel AdamsSelby and AinstyCon (front bench)no
Michael FallonSevenoaksConno
Mark SpencerSherwoodCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConno
Gordon HendersonSittingbourne and SheppeyConno
Dr Caroline JohnsonSleaford and North HykehamCon (front bench)no
David WarburtonSomerton and FromeCon (front bench)no
Paul GirvanSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Stephen MetcalfeSouth Basildon and East ThurrockCon (front bench)no
Heidi AllenSouth Cambridgeshirewhilst Con (front bench)no
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Richard DraxSouth DorsetCon (front bench)no
Lucy FrazerSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Sheryll MurraySouth East CornwallCon (front bench)no
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsConno
Alberto CostaSouth LeicestershireConno
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)no
Seema KennedySouth RibbleConno
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)no
James CartlidgeSouth SuffolkConno
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Craig MackinlaySouth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Gary StreeterSouth West DevonCon (front bench)no
David GaukeSouth West Hertfordshirewhilst Con (front bench)no
Andrew MurrisonSouth West WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Royston SmithSouthampton, ItchenCon (front bench)no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Damien MooreSouthportCon (front bench)no
Kwasi KwartengSpelthorneConno
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)no
Steve DoubleSt Austell and NewquayCon (front bench)no
Derek ThomasSt IvesConno
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)no
Stephen KerrStirlingCon (front bench)no
Jack BreretonStoke-on-Trent SouthCon (front bench)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Margot JamesStourbridgewhilst Con (front bench)no
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUP (front bench)no
Nadhim ZahawiStratford-on-AvonCon (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
Esther McVeyTattonCon (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 YateConno
Jackie Doyle-PriceThurrockCon (front bench)no
Neil ParishTiverton and HonitonCon (front bench)no
Thomas TugendhatTonbridge and MallingCon (front bench)no
Kevin FosterTorbayCon (front bench)no
Sarah WollastonTotneswhilst Con (front bench)no
Sarah NewtonTruro and FalmouthCon (front bench)no
Greg ClarkTunbridge Wellswhilst Con (front bench)no
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Boris JohnsonUxbridge and South RuislipCon (front bench)no
Alun CairnsVale of GlamorganCon (front bench)no
Eddie HughesWalsall NorthCon (front bench)no
Richard HarringtonWatfordwhilst Con (front bench)no
Peter AldousWaveneyConno
Nusrat GhaniWealdenCon (front bench)no
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldConno
Andrew BowieWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineCon (front bench)no
Oliver LetwinWest Dorsetwhilst Conno
Martin DochertyWest DunbartonshireSNP (front bench)aye
Matthew HancockWest SuffolkCon (front bench)no
Harriett BaldwinWest WorcestershireCon (front bench)no
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareConno
Stephen HammondWimbledonwhilst Con (front bench)no
Steve BrineWinchesterwhilst Con (front bench)no
Adam AfriyieWindsorConno
Priti PatelWithamConno
Robert CourtsWitneyCon (front bench)no
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Robin WalkerWorcesterCon (front bench)no
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)no
Ben WallaceWyre and Preston NorthCon (front bench)no
Mark GarnierWyre ForestConno
Julian SturdyYork OuterCon (front bench)no

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