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Lords division · 8 Feb 2010 · No. 1

Bribery Bill [HL]

Lord Pannick moved amendment 3, in clause 10, page 7, line 2, at end insert: “(6) Consent may not be given for the institution of proceedings under subsection (1) or (2) in respect of conduct which was specifically authorised in advance under the hand of— (a) the Secretary of State, or (b) a senior official, but only if the Secretary of State has expressly and personally authorised the giving of the authorisation and considers the case to be urgent, and a statement of those facts is endorsed on the authorisation. (7) An authorisation shall not be given for the purposes of subsection (6) unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that the conduct is necessary for one of the functions stated in section 13(1). (8) An authorisation for the purposes of subsection (6) ceases to have effect— (a) at the end of the period of 6 months starting with the day on which it was given, if it was given under the hand of the Secretary of State, and (b) at the end of one week after the day on which it was given, if it was given under the hand of a senior official. (9) Subsection (8) does not apply if the authorisation is renewed under subsection (10) before the day on which it would otherwise cease to have effect. (10) The Secretary of State may renew an authorisation for a period of 6 months starting on the day on which it would otherwise cease to have effect if, at any time before that day, the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the authorisation to continue to have effect for the purpose for which it was given. (11) Subsection (10) may apply more than once. (12) A renewal under subsection (10) must be made under the hand of the Secretary of State. (13) The Secretary of State must cancel an authorisation if he is satisfied that an act or omission authorised by virtue of it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was given. (14) For the purposes of this section, “senior official” has the meaning given by section 81 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 36

Contents: 154 Not Contents: 118

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 36 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 72
Crossbench 41
Liberal Democrat 33
Non-affiliated 4
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Independent Labour 1
Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 95
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 10
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: Lord Pannick (Content), Lord Woolf (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Not Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (152)

Not Contents (116)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.