Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill — New Clause 7 — Equal Rights for People of Northern Ireland — 24 Oct 2018 at 19:01
The majority of MPs voted to require the UK Government to issue guidance to to senior officers of all Northern Ireland departments on the subject of human rights, particularly in the context of abortion law.
MPs were considering the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill[1].
The proposed new clause supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was titled: Equal rights for people of Northern Ireland (No. 2) and stated:
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(1) In the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers to address the matters identified by recent, current and future court proceedings in relation to the human rights of the people of Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State must issue guidance to senior officers of all Northern Ireland departments which will specify how to exercise their functions in relation to—
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(a) the incompatibility of the human rights of the people of Northern Ireland with the continued enforcement of sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 with the Human Rights Act 1998, and
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(b) the incompatibility of the human rights of the people of Northern Ireland with the continued enforcement of section 13(e) of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 where they pertain to the provision and management of public services in Northern Ireland.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall report guidance under this section on a quarterly basis to the House of Commons and set out her plans to address the impact of the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers on human rights obligations within three months of the day on which this Act is passed.”
The new clause which was supported in this vote was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
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This new clause would increase accountability of the Secretary of State and senior officers of Northern Ireland departments for their role in ensuring human rights compliance in Northern Ireland, in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers, by requiring them to address incompatibilities between legislation applied in Northern Ireland and human rights obligations.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
| Nicholas Boles | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con | aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Luke Graham | Ochil and South Perthshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Justine Greening | Putney | whilst Con | aye |
| Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Heappey | Wells | Con | aye |
| Margot James | Stourbridge | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Masterton | East Renfrewshire | Con | aye |
| Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | aye |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Will Quince | Colchester | Con | aye |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | whilst Con | aye |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | whilst Con | aye |
| Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Colin Clark | Gordon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Davies | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Grant | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Con | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kirstene Hair | Angus | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con | no |
| Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | no |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alister Jack | Dumfries and Galloway | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dr Caroline Johnson | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
| Stephen Kerr | Stirling | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | whilst Con | no |
| Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
| Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | no |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | no |
| Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Douglas Ross | Moray | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ross Thomson | Aberdeen South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con | no |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | both |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | both |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Paul Girvan | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Emma Little-Pengelly | Belfast South | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Lord John [Missing last name for 41744] | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Rosena Allin-Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dan Carden | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bambos Charalambous | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Cooper | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab | tellaye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham and Rainham | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Janet Daby | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Nicholas Dakin | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Duffield | Canterbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab | aye |
| Vicky Foxcroft | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gill Furniss | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth George | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Carolyn Harris | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sue Hayman | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hill | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah Jones | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Afzal Khan | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ged Killen | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Kinnock | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lesley Laird | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Lee | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandy Martin | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Matheson | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Conor McGinn | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Liz McInnes | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim McMahon | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jo Platt | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Luke Pollard | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christina Rees | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matt Rodda | Reading East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paula Sherriff | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab | aye |
| Ruth Smeeth | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Smith | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
| Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab | aye |
| Gareth Snell | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alex Sobel | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Sweeney | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anna Turley | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Twist | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | whilst Lab | aye |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thelma Walker | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Whitfield | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Williams | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Onasanya | Peterborough | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | both |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Wera Hobhouse | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | whilst LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
