Lords division · 8 Jun 2009 · No. 3

Business Rate Supplements Bill

Lord Bates moved amendment 16A, in Schedule 1, page 21, line 27, at end to insert: “( ) A description of the arrangements for— (a) the proposed project management, (b) the governance and management arrangements (if any dedicated arrangements) for the project when completed, (c) the mechanisms by which those paying BRS shall be kept informed of what monies have been raised in pursuance of the BRS and how they have been expended, and (d) those paying BRS to be represented upon the governing body of any organisation set up for the purposes of delivering the objectives of the BRS, or, if such an organisation is not to be set up, how such persons are to be involved in the oversight of the delivery of such objectives.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 28

Contents: 41 Not Contents: 69

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 28 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative	36
Crossbench	2
Ulster Unionist Party	1
Lord Speaker	1
Non-affiliated	1

Not Contents

Labour	61
Crossbench	3
Non-affiliated	3
Democratic Unionist Party	1
Liberal Democrat	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 Anelay of St Johns (Content), Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Not Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Not Content).