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Lords division · 7 Mar 2012 · No. 2

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Lord Bach moved amendment 12, in Schedule 1, page 125, line 5, at end to insert: “Social welfare law (No. 2) (1) Civil legal services provided in respect of a social welfare decision relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under: (a) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; (b) the Jobseekers Act 1995; (c) the State Pension Credit Act 2002; (d) the Tax Credits Act 2002; (e) the Welfare Reform Act 2007; (f) the Welfare Reform Act 2012; or (g) any other enactment relating to social security. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), "civil legal services" includes: (a) independent advice or assistance for an appeal to a second-tier tribunal; and (b) independent advice, assistance and representation at a higher court of such a decision.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 28

Contents: 222 Not Contents: 194

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

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 154
Crossbench 47
Non-affiliated 11
Bishops 3
Liberal Democrat 2
Conservative 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 115
Liberal Democrat 55
Crossbench 14
Non-affiliated 5
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Lord Speaker 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 Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (219)

Not Contents (191)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.