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Lords division · 24 Apr 2013 · No. 1

Procedure of the House

The Chairman of Committees moved to resolve that this House establish, for the duration of the 2013–14 session of Parliament, a Backbench Debates Committee; That the Committee be appointed to schedule debates, to be moved by backbench and Crossbench members, or by Lords Spiritual: • During the time currently set aside for balloted debates; • On at least one day in Grand Committee for every six sitting weeks in the session; That the Committee schedule a one-hour topical Question for Short Debate each week, from the start of the session until the end of January, to be taken on Thursday between the two time-limited debates; That the Procedure Committee review and report on the work of the Backbench Debates Committee before the end of the 2013–14 session, with a view to recommending whether or not the Backbench Debates Committee should be established as a sessional select committee. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 36

Contents: 209 Not Contents: 245

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 36 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost. This was not a whipped vote, so no party line applied.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 118
Crossbench 35
Liberal Democrat 27
Conservative 19
Non-affiliated 5
Bishops 2
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Conservative 150
Crossbench 43
Liberal Democrat 33
Non-affiliated 9
Labour 4
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative Independent 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Independent Social Democrat 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 Butler of Brockwell (Content), Lord Filkin (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (207)

Not Contents (243)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.