Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill — After Clause 170 — Offence of Requiring or Accepting Sexual Relations as a Condition of Accommodation — 28 Feb 2022 at 20:11

The majority of MPs voted not to create a new specific offence of requiring or accepting sexual relations as a condition of accommodation.

MPs were considering the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill[1][2]

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 141.

Amendment 141 stated[4]:

  • Insert the following new Clause—
  • Offence of requiring or accepting sexual relations as a condition of accommodation
  • (1) It is an offence for a person (A) to require or accept from a person (B) sexual relations as a condition of access to or retention of accommodation or related services or transactions.
  • (2) For the purposes of this section, A is—
  • (a) a provider of accommodation,
  • (b) an employee of a provider of accommodation,
  • (c) an agent of a provider of accommodation, or
  • (d) a contractor of a provider of accommodation.
  • (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a maximum of 7 years.”

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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 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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con304 (+2 tell) 0084.5%
DUP0 80100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 4080.0%
Lab0 167 (+2 tell)084.9%
LDem0 12092.3%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 20100.0%
Total:304 198085.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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