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Lords division · 24 Oct 2006 · No. 3

Education and Inspections Bill

It was moved by the Baroness Buscombe, in Clause 71, page 52, line 27, at end to insert: “(6A) The governing body of a maintained school may opt to provide a course of study in the core subjects for the fourth key stage as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) and (c) above including the separate study of biology, physics and chemistry, that leads to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) as an alternative to one approved under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 96 of that Act. (6B) Where the governing body opts to provide a course of study under subsection (6A), section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 shall not apply in relation to the provision of that course of study. (6C) In relation to any performance targets or tables, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education shall be considered acceptable at Grades A*, A, B or C in lieu of a General Certificate of Secondary Education on a subject for subject basis. (6D) In this section “the International General Certificate of Secondary Education” means the qualification of that name awarded by— (a) University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, (b) Edexcel Ltd.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 72

Contents: 124 Not Contents: 196

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 72 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 100
Crossbench 16
Non-affiliated 6
Independent Labour 1
Conservative Independent 1

Not Contents

Labour 126
Liberal Democrat 41
Crossbench 16
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Green Party 1

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Lord Luke (Content), Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (122)

Not Contents (194)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.