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Lords division · 28 Mar 2012 · No. 1

Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012

Lord Young of Norwood Green moved, as an amendment to the motion that the draft Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012 be approved, at the end to insert “but that this House regrets that the Order will unnecessarily diminish the employment rights of employees, will have little or no effect on employers’ likelihood of taking on new staff, encourages the use of dismissals in place of good management practice, and is opposed by trades unions; believes that employees should always get a written reason for their dismissal; and calls on the Government to place a report into the effect of the changes before Parliament, 18 months after the approval of the Order”. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 68

Contents: 125 Not Contents: 193

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 102
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 5
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Conservative 109
Liberal Democrat 49
Crossbench 25
Non-affiliated 7
Ulster Unionist Party 1
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 (123)

Not Contents (191)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.