Professional Qualifications Bill — Third Reading — 14 Mar 2022 at 19:25
The majority of MPs voted in favour of arrangements for the recognition of individuals' overseas qualifications and experience enabling them to work in regulated professions in the United Kingdom.
MPs were considering the Professional Qualifications Bill.[1][2][3]
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
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That the Bill be now read the Third time.
Support for this motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law.
The Bill[2][3] provided for a mechanism for the recognition of individuals' overseas qualifications and experience enabling them to work in regulated professions in the United Kingdom.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bim Afolami | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | aye |
| Nickie Aiken | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | aye |
| Lucy Allan | Telford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lee Anderson | Ashfield | whilst Con | aye |
| Stuart Anderson | Wolverhampton South West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Atherton | Wrexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gareth Bacon | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kemi Badenoch | Saffron Walden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Siobhan Baillie | Stroud | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Duncan Baker | North Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con | aye |
| Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con | aye |
| Simon Baynes | Clwyd South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Aaron Bell | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Scott Benton | Blackpool South | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
| Steven Bonnar | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Bowie | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Bradley | Mansfield | Con | aye |
| Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Suella Braverman | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jack Brereton | Stoke-on-Trent South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | whilst Con | aye |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Bristow | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sara Britcliffe | Hyndburn | Con | aye |
| Deidre Brock | Edinburgh North and Leith | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Alan Brown | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Anthony Browne | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Felicity Buchan | Kensington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alex Burghart | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rob Butler | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | whilst SNP (front bench) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Andy Carter | Warrington South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Miriam Cates | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alex Chalk | Cheltenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Chapman | Dunfermline and West Fife | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Joanna Cherry | Edinburgh South West | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con | aye |
| Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Theo Clarke | Stafford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Brendan Clarke-Smith | Bassetlaw | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Clarkson | Heywood and Middleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Cleverly | Braintree | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Elliot Colburn | Carshalton and Wallington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Courts | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Claire Coutinho | East Surrey | Con | aye |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | aye |
| Angela Crawley | Lanark and Hamilton East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Virginia Crosbie | Ynys Môn | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | aye |
| James Daly | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gareth Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Davies | Vale of Clwyd | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dehenna Davison | Bishop Auckland | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Dines | Derbyshire Dales | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con | aye |
| Leo Docherty | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dave Doogan | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Allan Dorans | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jackie Doyle-Price | Thurrock | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Flick Drummond | Meon Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
| David Duguid | Banff and Buchan | Con | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
| Mark Eastwood | Dewsbury | Con | aye |
| Ruth Edwards | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Natalie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Luke Evans | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Everitt | Milton Keynes North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laura Farris | Newbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Fell | Barrow and Furness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Marion Fellows | Motherwell and Wishaw | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Margaret Ferrier | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | whilst Independent (front bench) | no |
| Anna Firth | Southend West | Con | aye |
| Katherine Fletcher | South Ribble | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Fletcher | Bolsover | Con | aye |
| Nicholas Fletcher | Don Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Flynn | Aberdeen South | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lucy Frazer | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Louie French | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | aye |
| Richard Fuller | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con | aye |
| Patricia Gibson | North Ayrshire and Arran | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Peter Gibson | Darlington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jo Gideon | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Richard Graham | Gloucester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Grant | Glenrothes | SNP (front bench) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Con | aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Griffith | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Grundy | Leigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Gullis | Stoke-on-Trent North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | whilst Con | aye |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | aye |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sally-Ann Hart | Hastings and Rye | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hart | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | aye |
| Drew Hendry | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Darren Henry | Broxtowe | Con | aye |
| Antony Higginbotham | Burnley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Eastleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Hudson | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jane Hunt | Loughborough | Con | aye |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Hunt | Ipswich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alister Jack | Dumfries and Galloway | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ranil Jayawardena | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Jenkinson | Workington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrea Jenkyns | Morley and Outwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con | aye |
| Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fay Jones | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Jupp | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alicia Kearns | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gillian Keegan | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Knight | Solihull | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kate Kniveton | Burton | Con | aye |
| Danny Kruger | Devizes | Con | aye |
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | no |
| John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Largan | High Peak | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Levy | Blyth Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Linden | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Carla Lockhart | Upper Bann | DUP | aye |
| Chris Loder | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Logan | Bolton North East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Marco Longhi | Dudley North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julia Lopez | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con | aye |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenny MacAskill | East Lothian | whilst Alba | no |
| Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Cherilyn Mackrory | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rachel Maclean | Redditch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Mak | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julie Marson | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con | aye |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Anne McLaughlin | Glasgow North East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| John McNally | Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | aye |
| Mark Menzies | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con | aye |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | aye |
| Gagan Mohindra | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Carol Monaghan | Glasgow North West | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Damien Moore | Southport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con | aye |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Joy Morrissey | Beaconsfield | Con | aye |
| Jill Mortimer | Hartlepool | Con | aye |
| Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kieran Mullan | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Holly Mumby-Croft | Scunthorpe | Con | aye |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con | aye |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lia Nici | Great Grimsby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con | aye |
| Neil O'Brien | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Brendan O'Hara | Argyll and Bute | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kirsten Oswald | East Renfrewshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | aye |
| Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Pincher | Tamworth | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rebecca Pow | Taunton Deane | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anum Qaisar | Airdrie and Shotts | SNP (front bench) | tellno |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Will Quince | Colchester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Randall | Gedling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicola Richards | West Bromwich East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Richardson | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Ross | Moray | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lee Rowley | North East Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dean Russell | Watford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gary Sambrook | Birmingham, Northfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | no |
| Selaine Saxby | North Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Seely | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con | aye |
| David Simmonds | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con | aye |
| Alyn Smith | Stirling | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Smith | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | Con | aye |
| Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Spencer | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alexander Stafford | Rother Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Thompson | Midlothian | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Richard Thomson | Gordon | SNP (front bench) | tellno |
| Edward Timpson | Eddisbury | Con | aye |
| Kelly Tolhurst | Rochester and Strood | Con | aye |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con | aye |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Craig Tracey | North Warwickshire | Con | aye |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Matt Vickers | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robin Walker | Worcester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jamie Wallis | Bridgend | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
| Giles Watling | Clacton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Suzanne Webb | Stourbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Wild | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jacob Young | Redcar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
