Nuclear Safeguards Bill — Report — 20 Mar 2018 at 16:30

Moved by Lord Henley

1: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 18 and 19

Moved by Lord Henley

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 23, at end insert-““civil activities” means-(a) production, processing or storage activities which are carried on for peaceful purposes;(b) electricity generation carried on for peaceful purposes;(c) decommissioning;(d) research and development carried on for peaceful purposes;(e) any other activity carried on for peaceful purposes;”

Moved by Lord Broers

3: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause-“Agreements required before withdrawal(1) In the event that any of the agreements listed in subsection (3) are not in place on 1 March 2019, a Minister of the Crown must, as part of the negotiations regarding the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty, request to suspend the United Kingdom’s withdrawal until either-(a) the agreements listed in subsection (3) are in place, or(b) other arrangements have been made to enable the United Kingdom to continue to benefit from existing nuclear safeguards arrangements until the agreements listed in subsection (3) are in place.(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a request for suspension under subsection (1) applies only to withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty and to no other part of the United Kingdom’s negotiations for withdrawal from the European Union.(3) The relevant agreements are-(a) an agreement between the United Kingdom and the International Atomic Energy Agency recognising the Office of Nuclear Regulation as the approved United Kingdom safeguarding authority in place of the European Atomic Energy Community;(b) a Voluntary Offer Agreement between the United Kingdom and the International Atomic Energy Agency resulting from the United Kingdom no longer being a member of the European Atomic Energy Community; and(c) relevant international agreements with those nations with which the United Kingdom has exercised rights in the last three years as a party to agreements made by the European Atomic Energy Community.”

Ayes 265, Noes 194.

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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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Con0 172 (+2 tell)69.3%
Crossbench47 (+2 tell) 1436.0%
DUP0 266.7%
Independent Labour1 050.0%
Judge1 07.1%
Lab121 060.8%
LDem86 086.0%
Non-affiliated5 219.4%
PC1 0100.0%
UUP0 2100.0%
Total:262 19258.5%

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Curry of KirkharleCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Deech Crossbenchno
Lord Eames Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchno
Lord Fellowes Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Jones of BirminghamCrossbenchno
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Lord Luce Crossbenchno
Lord Mawson Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchno
Lord Gadhia Non-affiliatedno
Lord Kalms Non-affiliatedno

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