Lords division · 25 Apr 2007 · No. 3

Serious Crime Bill [HL]

Lord Thomas of Gresford moved amendment 37, in clause 33, page 22, line 19, at end to insert: “(3) Notwithstanding this, the rules on admissibility of evidence to be observed in such proceedings shall be the same as those observed in trials on indictment; and no person shall be required in such proceedings to answer any question or to produce any document which he could not be required to answer or produce in similar proceedings in a trial on indictment.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 72

Contents: 43 Not Contents: 115

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

Liberal Democrat	33
Crossbench	5
Non-affiliated	2
Conservative	1
Green Party	1
Independent Labour	1

Not Contents

Labour	98
Non-affiliated	8
Crossbench	7
Ulster Unionist Party	1
Conservative	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: Baroness Harris of Richmond (Content), Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).