Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill — Report — Amendment 2 — 6 Nov 2024 at 13:15
Moved by Lord Moylan
2: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert-“25B Termination of existing franchise agreements(1) The Secretary of State must terminate franchise agreements for default in accordance with the terms of the agreement as soon as it is possible to do so.(2) The Secretary of State must assess and rank existing franchise agreements according to performance criteria established after consultation with relevant stakeholders.(3) Subject to subsection (1), the Secretary of State must only terminate a franchise agreement pursuant to a break clause if-(a) there are no other franchise agreements which are performing worse under the criteria in the list referenced in subsection (2), and(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that provision of the services by a public sector company will improve existing service provision.(4) In this section, “break clause” means a contractual provision in a franchise agreement which entitles the Secretary of State to terminate the franchise agreement before the end of the franchise term by notice without reason.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would require the Secretary of State to terminate franchise agreements for default and to nationalise the worst performing operators first, while enabling services that are currently working well to continue.
Ayes 142, Noes 128.
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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 1 | 0 | 4.0% |
| Con | 130 (+2 tell) | 0 | 44.4% |
| Crossbench | 7 | 11 | 10.5% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 111 (+2 tell) | 62.8% |
| LDem | 1 | 0 | 1.3% |
| Non-affiliated | 1 | 3 | 7.8% |
| Total: | 140 | 126 | 33.5% |
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 Bilimoria | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice | Crossbench | aye |
| Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness O'Loan | Crossbench | aye |
| The Duke of Somerset | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Walker of Aldringham | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Wheatcroft | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Stowell of Beeston | Non-affiliated (front bench) | aye |