Trade Bill — Report (1st Day) — Amendment 6 — 7 Dec 2020 at 17:00

Moved by Lord Purvis of Tweed

6: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause-“Parliamentary approval of trade agreements(1) Nothing in this section restricts the power conferred by Her Majesty’s prerogative to commence, conduct negotiations towards and then conclude a trade agreement.(2) If a decision has been made by the Secretary of State to commence negotiations towards a free trade agreement, a statement must be made to both Houses of Parliament.(3) Negotiations for that trade agreement may not proceed until the Secretary of State has laid draft negotiating objectives in respect of that agreement before Parliament, and a motion endorsing draft negotiating objectives has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.(4) Prior to the draft negotiating objectives being laid, the Secretary of State must-(a) consult each devolved authority on the content of the draft negotiating objectives, and(b) produce a sustainability impact assessment including, but not limited to, an assessment of the impact of the proposed negotiating objectives on human, animal or plant life or health, animal welfare, environmental protection, human rights and equalities, and employment and labour.(5) A sustainability impact assessment under subsection (4)(b) must include-(a) a statement on how the proposed trade agreement will advance the meeting of the Sustainable Development Goals; and(b) a plan to maintain UK levels of statutory protection on the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, animal welfare, environmental protection, human rights and equalities, and employment and labour.(6) The Secretary of State must inform both Houses of Parliament, and any Select Committee charged by the relevant House with scrutinising trade negotiations in a manner and to an extent agreed with the Committee, of developments in the negotiations, but this does not affect the power of the Secretary of State to conduct negotiations as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), “developments” means-(a) a pause in negotiations;(b) an ending of negotiations;(c) the conclusion of a negotiated round of discussions;(d) the decision to agree in principle an agreement; or(e) other necessary aspects of the negotiations of which the Secretary of State considers it necessary to inform Parliament.(8) The United Kingdom may not become a signatory to a free trade agreement to which this section applies unless a draft of the agreement in the terms in which it is to be presented for signature by parties to the agreement has been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of each House of Parliament.(9) Before a Minister of the Crown moves a resolution to approve the text of a proposed free trade agreement in either House of Parliament, the Secretary of State must- (a) consult each devolved authority on the text of the proposed agreement, and(b) lay before Parliament an independent impact assessment of the agreement including, but not limited to, the requirements in subsection (4).(10) In this section-“devolved authority” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of this Act;“free trade agreement” means any agreement which is-(a) within the definition given in section 4(1) of this Act, and(b) an agreement between the United Kingdom and one or more partners that includes components that facilitate the trade of goods, services or intellectual property;“UK levels of statutory protection” means levels of protection provided for by or under any-(a) primary legislation,(b) subordinate legislation, or(c) retained direct EU legislation,which has effect in the United Kingdom, or the relevant part of the United Kingdom, on the date on which the sustainability impact assessment is produced.”

Ayes 308, Noes 261.

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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
Bishop4 015.4%
Con1 21581.8%
Crossbench58 2849.7%
DUP0 5100.0%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Judge2 125.0%
Lab138 076.2%
LDem82 093.2%
Non-affiliated19 1049.2%
PC1 0100.0%
UUP0 2100.0%
Total:308 26169.9%

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

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NamePartyVote
The Earl of CaithnessConaye
Lord Bird Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Carey of CliftonCrossbenchno
Lord Carrington Crossbenchno
The Earl of Cork and OrreryCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Cromwell Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Dannatt Crossbenchno
Baroness Deech Crossbenchno
Lord Eames Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchno
Baroness Falkner of MargravineCrossbenchno
Lord Field of BirkenheadCrossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Baroness Hogg Crossbenchno
Lord Kakkar Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Mawson Crossbenchno
Baroness O'Loan Crossbenchno
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Ravensdale Crossbenchno
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord St John of BletsoCrossbenchno
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Thurlow Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Trevethin and Oaksey Crossbenchno
Lord Woolf Crossbenchno
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-HeywoodJudge (front bench)no
Lord Bhatia Non-affiliatedno
Lord Faulks Non-affiliated (front bench)no
Baroness Fox of BuckleyNon-affiliatedno
Lord Gadhia Non-affiliatedno
Baroness Hoey Non-affiliatedno
Lord Mann Non-affiliatedno
Lord Pearson of RannochNon-affiliatedno
Baroness Stowell of BeestonNon-affiliated (front bench)no
Baroness Stuart of EdgbastonNon-affiliatedno
Lord Walney Non-affiliatedno

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