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Lords division · 22 Feb 2017 · No. 3

Digital Economy Bill

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara moved amendment 20, in clause 28, page 29, line 23, at end to insert: “(7) If it appears to the Secretary of State that the extent of the manufacture of unauthorised decoders or similar equipment for sale or hire imported into the United Kingdom (otherwise than for private and domestic use) or distribution otherwise than in the course of a business has reached a level which is likely to affect prejudicially the owners of copyright works, the Secretary of State may bring forward regulations made by statutory instrument which prohibit such activities. (8) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (7) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 49

Contents: 133 Not Contents: 182

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 49 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 59
Labour 34
Crossbench 33
Non-affiliated 6
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 156
Crossbench 15
Non-affiliated 8
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Bishops 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: Baroness Humphreys (Content), Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (131)

Not Contents (180)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.