Victims and Prisoners Bill — Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 119AA — 30 Apr 2024 at 18:00
Moved by Lord Wills
119AA: After Clause 39, insert the following new Clause-“Power of Secretary of State to establish an inquiry on major incidents(1) Within six months of the declaration of a major incident under section 28(2), the Secretary of State must make a statement to the House of Commons on whether they intend to establish-(a) an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005,(b) an alternative fact-finding inquiry, or(c) no inquiry at that time.(2) A person or persons appointed to hold an inquiry established under subsection (1)(b) must be granted the powers to see and report on all relevant documentation.(3) A statement under subsection (1) must set out why the Secretary of State believes the decision is in the public interest. (4) In consideration of the public interest, the Secretary of State must demonstrate that they have had regard to timeliness, cost, transparency and the emotional and financial interests of the parties.”
Ayes 209, 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 | Contents | Not-Contents | Turnout |
| Bishop | 2 | 0 | 8.0% |
| Con | 0 | 189 (+2 tell) | 65.4% |
| Crossbench | 21 | 9 | 17.5% |
| DUP | 2 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 0 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Lab | 116 (+2 tell) | 0 | 68.6% |
| LDem | 55 | 0 | 68.8% |
| Non-affiliated | 7 | 5 | 21.4% |
| PC | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 207 | 207 | 51.1% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.