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Lords division · 22 Feb 2017 · No. 1

Digital Economy Bill

Lord Mendelsohn moved amendment 1, in clause 1, page 2, to leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert: “(2B) The universal service order must specify that the target for broadband connections and services to be provided before 2020 must have: (a) speeds of 2 gigabits or more; (b) fibre to the premises (FTTP) as a minimum standard; (c) appropriate measures to ensure that internet speed levels are not affected by high contention ratios; (d) appropriate measures to ensure service providers run low latency networks. (2BA) The universal service order must specify as soon as reasonably practicable that, by 2020, the following will be available in every household in the United Kingdom: (a) download speeds of 30 megabits per second; (b) upload speeds of 6 megabits per second; (c) fast response times; (d) committed information rates of 10 megabits per second; (e) an unlimited usage cap. (2BB) In meeting the obligations set out in subsection (1), internet service providers have a duty to ensure that their networks offer at least the minimum standards specified in subsection (2BA) to every household in areas of low population density, before deploying their networks in urban areas. (2BC) The Secretary of State must ensure that: (a) the premises of small and medium-sized enterprises are prioritised in the roll-out of the universal service broadband obligation; (b) rollout of universal service broadband obligations is delivered on a fair and competitive basis. (2BD) The universal service order shall, in particular, say that mobile network coverage must be provided to the whole of the United Kingdom.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 44

Contents: 250 Not Contents: 206

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 44 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 128
Liberal Democrat 68
Crossbench 41
Non-affiliated 11
Plaid Cymru 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 169
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 8
Bishops 3
Ulster Unionist Party 2
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 McAvoy (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (248)

Not Contents (204)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.