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Lords division · 20 Mar 2017 · No. 1

Digital Economy Bill

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch moved amendment 25P, in clause 17, page 20, line 27, at end insert: “(8) In designating two or more persons under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must specify that the same persons may not carry out functions under the sections specified in subsection (9), and the functions specified in subsection (10). (9) The functions specified in this subsection are the steps taken by the age verification regulator to identify that a person is: (a) contravening section 15(1); (b) making extreme pornographic material available on the internet to persons in the United Kingdom. (10) The functions specified in this subsection are the enforcement powers under sections 20 to 23. (11) The person or persons carrying out the age verification functions under subsection (9) must notify the person or persons carrying out the enforcement functions under subsection (10) of an identification under subsection (9), to enable that person or persons to take the necessary enforcement action. (12) Appeals procedures must be carried out by a body that is fully independent of the regulator responsible for the functions set out in subsection (9). (13) The regulator assuming the duties specified in subsection (9) is to be a body corporate which is independent from the Government and all appointments to the regulator are to be subject to fair and open competition. (14) No designation shall be made under this section until the Secretary of State consults all such persons as he or she considers appropriate on the role of the age-verification regulator for the purposes of this Part.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 54

Contents: 155 Not Contents: 209

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 54 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 120
Crossbench 21
Non-affiliated 10
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 163
Crossbench 32
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1
Liberal 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 Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord McAvoy (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (153)

Not Contents (207)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.