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Lords division · 23 Apr 2012 · No. 3

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Baroness Grey-Thompson moved Motion D1, as an amendment to Motion D, at end to insert “but do propose Amendment 24B as an amendment in lieu”. Page 21, line 7, at end insert: “( ) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Lord Chancellor’s duty to a person eligible for legal aid advice under section 1(1) must include: (a) a duty to secure the provision of initial face-to-face advice; and (b) a duty to secure the provision of legal aid advice in a range of forms, taking account of the needs of the person eligible for such advice (“the client”), including: (i) the client’s vulnerability; (ii) the client’s capacity to represent himself or herself and communicate his or her case, including any written documentation; (iii) the client’s health (including mental health) issues; (iv) the impact and consequences on the client, or his or her family, of failing to receive advice and assistance under this Part; (v) the age of the client; or (vi) that it is otherwise in the interests of justice.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 12

Contents: 231 Not Contents: 243

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 12 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 169
Crossbench 44
Non-affiliated 9
Bishops 4
Liberal Democrat 1
Independent Labour 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 139
Liberal Democrat 67
Crossbench 24
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 1
Lord Speaker 1
Ulster Unionist Party 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 Grey-Thompson (Content), Lord Pannick (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (229)

Not Contents (241)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.