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 | 25.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 207 | 153 | 45.8% |
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Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.