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Lords division · 12 Oct 2011 · No. 2

Health and Social Care Bill

Lord Owen moved, as an amendment to the motion that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, at end to insert, “and that a Select Committee shall be appointed to examine and make recommendations to the House on the issues raised by the 18th Report of the Constitution Committee, namely the Government’s and Parliament’s constitutional responsibilities with regard to the NHS, in particular to clarify (a) the extent to which the Secretary of State remains responsible and accountable for the comprehensive health service, and (b) individual Ministerial responsibility to Parliament, and to report on the extent to which legal accountability to the courts is fragmented; that this House requests that the services of Parliamentary Counsel be available to the Committee; and that the Committee shall report no later than 19 December 2011.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 68

Contents: 262 Not Contents: 330

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 68 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 186
Crossbench 51
Non-affiliated 14
Bishops 4
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Social Democrat 1

Not Contents

Conservative 181
Liberal Democrat 73
Crossbench 59
Non-affiliated 12
Lord Speaker 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Conservative Independent 1
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: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Content), Lord Laming (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (260)

Not Contents (328)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.