Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill — After Clause 12 — Duty of Care to Service Personnel — 27 Apr 2021 at 16:15
The majority of MPs voted against establishing a duty of care standard in relation to legal, pastoral and mental health support provided to service personnel involved in investigations or litigation arising from overseas operations.
MPs were considering the Bill[1][2][3]
The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 5B.
Lords amendment 5B began[4]:
- After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—
- “Duty of care to service personnel
- (1) The Secretary of State must establish a duty of care standard in relation to legal, pastoral and mental health support provided to service personnel involved in investigations or litigation arising from overseas operations, as defined in subsection (6) of section 1.
- (2) The Secretary of State must lay a copy of this standard before Parliament within six months of the date on which this Act is passed.
- (3) The Secretary of State must thereafter in each calendar year—
- (a) prepare a duty of care update, and
- (b) include the update in the Armed Forces Covenant annual report when it is laid before Parliament.
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, Parliament.uk
- [2] Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, as introduced, 18 March 2020, Parliament.uk
- [3] Explanatory notes to the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, November 2020, Parliament.uk
- [4] Lords amendments to the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, 26 April 2021, Parliament.uk
- [5] Explanatory notes to the Lords amendments to the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, 19 April 2021, Parliament.uk
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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 356 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 98.4% |
| DUP | 0 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 195 (+2 tell) | 0 | 99.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 44 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 356 | 267 | 0 | 98.7% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
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