Telecommunications (Security) Bill — Report — Amendment 11 — 19 Oct 2021 at 19:00

Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool

11: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause-“Review of telecommunications companies based in foreign countries(1) The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.(2) After section 105Z29 insert-“105Z30 Review of telecommunications companies based in foreign countriesWhere a Five Eyes partner bans the operation of a vendor of goods or services to public telecommunications providers in its country on security grounds, the Secretary of State must- (a) review the United Kingdom’s security arrangements with that company, and(b) decide whether to issue a designated vendor direction or take similar action with regard to the United Kingdom’s arrangements with that company.””

Ayes 172, Noes 156.

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
Con1 14554.1%
Crossbench15 29.3%
DUP0 360.0%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab88 048.9%
LDem60 069.8%
Non-affiliated5 517.5%
UUP0 150.0%
Total:172 15641.8%

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 Blencathra Con (front bench)aye
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchno
Lord St John of BletsoCrossbenchno

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