Trade Bill — Report (Day 2) — Amendment 15 — 15 Dec 2020 at 17:30
Moved by Baroness Kramer
15: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause-“Investor-state dispute settlement(1) The United Kingdom may only become a signatory to an international trade agreement if the conditions in subsections (3), (4) and (5) are satisfied.(2) The Secretary of State may not lay a copy of an international trade agreement before Parliament under section 20(1) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 unless the conditions in subsections (3), (4) and (5) are satisfied.(3) The condition under this subsection is that an international trade agreement must include a commitment by all parties to the agreement to pursue with other trading partners the establishment of a multilateral investment tribunal and appellate mechanism for the resolution of investment disputes.(4) The condition under this subsection is that legal proceedings brought against the United Kingdom under investment protection provisions included in an international trade agreement must be heard by the courts and tribunals system of the United Kingdom.(5) The condition under this subsection is that the provision in subsection (4) ends for any international trade agreement when a multilateral investment tribunal and appellate mechanism for the resolution of investment disputes is established under that trade agreement.”Member’s explanatory statementThis new Clause would ensure that there is a commitment by all parties to a trade agreement to pursue the establishment of a multilateral investment process to adjudicate on investor disputes.
Ayes 265, Noes 269.
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.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Con | 215 | 1 | 81.8% |
Crossbench | 31 | 30 | 35.3% |
DUP | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
Green | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Judge | 1 | 0 | 8.3% |
Lab | 0 | 136 | 75.1% |
LDem | 0 | 82 | 93.2% |
Non-affiliated | 13 | 14 | 45.8% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 269 | 265 | 67.8% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Austin of Dudley | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Berkeley of Knighton | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Bhatia | Non-affiliated | no |
Baroness Boycott | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Broers | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Butler-Sloss | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
The Earl of Caithness | Con | aye |
The Earl of Clancarty | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Cox | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Cromwell | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Baroness D'Souza | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Eames | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Faulks | Non-affiliated (front bench) | no |
Lord Field of Birkenhead | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Freyberg | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Gadhia | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Harries of Pentregarth | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Hoey | Non-affiliated | no |
Baroness Hollins | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Inglewood | Non-affiliated (front bench) | no |
Lord Kalms | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Kerslake | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Lupton | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Mann | Non-affiliated | no |
Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Meacher | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Murphy | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Baroness Prashar | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Ramsbotham | Crossbench | aye |
The Earl of Sandwich | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
Lord Singh of Wimbledon | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
The Duke of Somerset | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Stern | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Stowell of Beeston | Non-affiliated (front bench) | no |
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Taylor of Warwick | Non-affiliated | no |
Lord Walker of Aldringham | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Walney | Non-affiliated | no |
Baroness Worthington | Crossbench | aye |