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 |
| 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 |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | no |
| Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rosena Allin-Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
| Nicholas Boles | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con | aye |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Dan Carden | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bambos Charalambous | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Colin Clark | Gordon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab | tellaye |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Davies | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rosie Duffield | Canterbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | 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 |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab | aye |
| Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Vicky Foxcroft | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gill Furniss | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ruth George | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Girvan | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Graham | Ochil and South Perthshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Grant | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Con | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Justine Greening | Putney | whilst Con | aye |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kirstene Hair | Angus | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Carolyn Harris | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sue Hayman | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| James Heappey | Wells | Con | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | both |
| Mike Hill | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Wera Hobhouse | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| 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 |
| Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alister Jack | Dumfries and Galloway | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margot James | Stourbridge | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Jones | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Kerr | Stirling | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Karen Lee | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| Emma Little-Pengelly | Belfast South | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | whilst LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | no |
| Sandy Martin | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Masterton | East Renfrewshire | Con | aye |
| Chris Matheson | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | both |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | both |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Onasanya | Peterborough | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
| Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | no |
| Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | aye |
| Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jo Platt | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Luke Pollard | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Will Quince | Colchester | Con | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Christina Rees | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matt Rodda | Reading East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Douglas Ross | Moray | Con (front bench) | no |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | whilst Con | aye |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Paula Sherriff | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (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 |
| Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | whilst Con | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| 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 |
| Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Sweeney | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ross Thomson | Aberdeen South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Thelma Walker | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Whitfield | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Williams | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
