Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill — Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 15 — 13 Jan 2021 at 17:45

Moved by Baroness Massey of Darwen

15: Clause 1, page 3, line 2, at end insert-“(8A) A criminal conduct authorisation may not authorise any criminal conduct-(a) intentionally causing death or grievous bodily harm to an individual or being reckless as to whether such harm is caused;(b) involving an attempt in any manner to obstruct or pervert the course of justice;(c) amounting to an offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 or any offence listed in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003;(d) subjecting an individual to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, within the meaning of Article 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Human Rights Act 1998; or(e) depriving a person of their liberty, within the meaning of Article 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Human Rights Act 1998.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment establishes a prohibition on the authorisation of serious criminal offences, in similar terms to that appearing in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act 1985.

Ayes 299, Noes 284.

Debate in Parliament |

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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
Bishop1 03.8%
Con4 22486.7%
Crossbench54 3752.0%
DUP0 5100.0%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Judge3 133.3%
Lab140 278.5%
LDem78 089.7%
Non-affiliated15 1347.5%
PC1 0100.0%
UUP0 2100.0%
Total:299 28471.6%

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
Lord Cormack Con (front bench)aye
Viscount Hailsham Conaye
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsCon (front bench)aye
Baroness Warsi Conaye
Lord Bichard Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Botham Crossbenchno
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbenchno
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Butler of BrockwellCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Cameron of DillingtonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Carlile of BerriewCrossbenchno
Lord Carrington Crossbenchno
Lord Chartres Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of Cork and OrreryCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Deech Crossbenchno
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchno
Lord Evans of WeardaleCrossbenchno
Lord Field of BirkenheadCrossbenchno
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Geidt Crossbenchno
Lord Grabiner Crossbenchno
Lord Green of DeddingtonCrossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Baroness Hallett Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Hogan-Howe Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Houghton of RichmondCrossbenchno
Lord Janvrin Crossbenchno
Lord Kakkar Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Manningham-Buller Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Powell of BayswaterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Ravensdale Crossbenchno
Lord Skidelsky Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Smith of KelvinCrossbenchno
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Thurlow Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Wilson of TillyornCrossbenchno
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-HeywoodJudge (front bench)no
Lord Rooker Labno
Lord West of SpitheadLab (minister)no
Lord Austin of DudleyNon-affiliatedno
Baroness Fox of BuckleyNon-affiliatedno
Lord Gadhia Non-affiliatedno
Baroness Hoey Non-affiliatedno
Lord Kalms Non-affiliatedno
Lord Lupton Non-affiliatedno
Lord Mann Non-affiliatedno
Lord Moore of EtchinghamNon-affiliatedno
Lord Pearson of RannochNon-affiliatedno
Baroness Stowell of BeestonNon-affiliated (front bench)no
Baroness Stuart of EdgbastonNon-affiliatedno
Lord Taylor of WarwickNon-affiliatedno
Lord Walney Non-affiliatedno

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