Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill — Clause 141 — Serious Violence Reduction Orders: Piloting — 28 Feb 2022 at 20:11
The majority of MPs voted not to require the publication of data relating to the use of Serious Violence Reduction Orders, new orders that the courts can make in respect of a person convicted of a knife or offensive weapon related offence, which can require them to register their address with the police, and to allow the police to search them for such weapons any time they are in a public place.
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 116.
Amendment 72 began[4]:
- Page 137, line 5, at end insert—
- “(3A) Before making the report under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must obtain, record and publish all reasonably available data, which is relevant to the effect of the operation of Chapter 1A of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code (inserted by section 140) under subsection (2) over a period of no less than 12 months, including
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Explanatory notes on the amendment[5] state:
- Lords Amendment 116* would require the Secretary of State to obtain, record and publish all reasonably available data which is relevant to the effect of SVROs over a period of no less than 12 months before making the report on the pilot, and that certain specified matters must be addressed in the report of the pilot of SVROs; such matters include the equalities impacts, the extent to which the pilot has reduced serious violence crime and reoffending and impacts on survivors and victims of domestic abuse and criminal exploitation
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Parliament.uk
- [2] Explanatory notes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Parliament.uk
- [3] Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, as introduced on 12 May 2021, Parliament.uk
- [4] Lords amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, 26 January 2022, Parliament.uk
- [5] Explanatory notes to Lords amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, 26 January 2022, 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 | 306 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 85.1% |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 165 (+2 tell) | 0 | 83.9% |
| LDem | 0 | 12 | 0 | 92.3% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 314 | 187 | 0 | 85.0% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency
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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