Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] — Report — Amendment 2 — 20 Nov 2024 at 18:00

Moved by Lord Cromwell

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert-“(d) requiring a relevant undertaker to report not less than annually to the Authority on actual or planned financial structuring or restructuring of the undertaker, including debt levels, commercial strategy and any associated risks, including to the long-term sustainability of the undertaking.”Member’s explanatory statementThe amendment requires that financial engineering becomes a regular focus area for timely reporting in order to assist in regulators’ understanding and alert them in good time to risks or distortions in a water company.

Ayes 279, Noes 136.

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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.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop1 04.0%
Con173 058.2%
Crossbench30 (+1 tell) 923.4%
DUP5 083.3%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Judge0 (+1 tell) 011.1%
Lab0 115 (+2 tell)65.0%
LDem55 068.8%
Non-affiliated7 829.4%
PC1 050.0%
UUP3 0100.0%
Total:277 13350.1%

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

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NamePartyVote
Lord Carrington Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Carter of HaslemereCrossbenchno
Lord Hendy of Richmond HillCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Hogan-Howe Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Loomba Crossbenchno
Baroness Meacher Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Morse Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Watkins of TavistockCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Faulks Non-affiliated (front bench)aye
Baroness Foster of AghadrumseeNon-affiliatedaye
Lord Inglewood Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Lupton Non-affiliatedaye
Lord Moore of EtchinghamNon-affiliatedaye
Baroness Stowell of BeestonNon-affiliated (front bench)aye
Lord Wallace of TankernessNon-affiliated (front bench)aye

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