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Lords division · 19 Oct 2000 · No. 2

Freedom of Information Bill

It was moved by the Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish, in Clause 17, page 10, line 23, at end to insert: (“(2A) In the case of a local authority, a publication scheme must provide for the release of any agendas, minutes, background papers and reports at least three clear days before any local authority meeting to which they are to be presented. (2B) For the purposes of subsection (2A)—(a) the term “meeting” shall include (but not exclusively) meetings of any executive of a local authority, meetings of any committee or sub-committee of any executive, and meetings of any committee or sub-committee of the local authority, (b) if the meeting is convened at shorter notice than three days, the agendas, minutes, background papers and reports shall be available as soon as possible before the commencement of the meeting, (c) minutes shall include a summary of discussions, detailing (but not exclusively) substantive comments made by the participants, motions tabled and the way each participant voted on any division or vote. (2C) Subsections (2A) and (2B) shall not apply to information which would be deemed “exempt” information under section 100I, of and Parts I, II and III of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the Committee divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 36

Contents: 77 Not Contents: 113

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

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 55
Liberal Democrat 16
Crossbench 5
Non-affiliated 1

Not Contents

Labour 94
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 9
Independent Labour 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 Henley (Content), Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (75)

Not Contents (111)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.