National Security Bill — Report (1st Day) — Amendment 18A — 1 Mar 2023 at 17:57
Moved by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
18A: Clause 3, page 4, line 24, at end insert-“(9A) Within six months of this Act being passed, the Secretary of State must consult, and publish a report of that consultation, on proposals for a public interest defence in relation to an offence under subsection (2).”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment requires the government to formally consult on the introduction of a public interest defence for offences committed under Clause 3(2).
Ayes 155, Noes 209.
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.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 183 (+2 tell) | 0 | 67.0% |
| Crossbench | 18 | 19 | 20.9% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Green | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 1 | 18.2% |
| Lab | 0 | 119 (+2 tell) | 67.2% |
| LDem | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Non-affiliated | 3 | 11 | 25.5% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 207 | 153 | 45.8% |
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
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Anderson of Ipswich | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Butler of Brockwell | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Craig of Radley | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Eames | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| The Earl of Erroll | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Evans of Weardale | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Greenway | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Hogan-Howe | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Kakkar | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Baroness Manningham-Buller | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord McDonald of Salford | Crossbench | no |
| Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Patel | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Powell of Bayswater | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Ravensdale | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Ricketts | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Wilson of Dinton | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Faulks | Non-affiliated | no |
| Baroness Stowell of Beeston | Non-affiliated (front bench) | no |
| Lord Taylor of Warwick | Non-affiliated | no |