National Security Bill — Report (1st Day) — Amendment 4 — 1 Mar 2023 at 17:30
Moved by Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
4: Clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end insert-“(1A) Section (Public interest defence) applies to any offence under this section.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment, and others in Lord Marks’ name, are connected to Lord Marks’ amendment after Clause 38 (Public interest defence) to apply a public interest defence to the offences under Clauses 1 to 5 of the Bill and to offences under Section 5(6) of the Official Secrets Act 1989.
Ayes 79, Noes 226.
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 | 182 (+2 tell) | 0 | 66.7% |
| Crossbench | 30 | 11 | 23.2% |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Green | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 0 | 9.1% |
| Lab | 0 | 2 | 1.1% |
| LDem | 0 | 60 (+2 tell) | 74.7% |
| Non-affiliated | 6 | 2 | 14.3% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 224 | 77 | 38.5% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.