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.
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 | 173 | 0 | 58.2% |
| Crossbench | 30 (+1 tell) | 9 | 23.4% |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Green | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 0 (+1 tell) | 0 | 11.1% |
| Lab | 0 | 115 (+2 tell) | 65.0% |
| LDem | 55 | 0 | 68.8% |
| Non-affiliated | 7 | 8 | 29.4% |
| PC | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 277 | 133 | 50.1% |
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