Lords division · 6 Sep 2017 · No. 1

National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath moved that this House regrets that the National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017, and the associated Mandate to NHS England, do not require that in 2017–18 NHS England meets its obligation to ensure that 92 per cent of patients are treated within 18 weeks of referral; believes that failure to meet this target is a breach of the rights of patients outlined in the NHS Constitution and of the statutory requirement laid out in the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012; and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to publish the advice they have received on the legality of their actions (SI 2017/445). The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 65

Contents: 169 Not Contents: 104

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 65 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 88
Liberal Democrat 62
Crossbench 13
Non-affiliated 6

Not Contents

Conservative 92
Crossbench 7
Non-affiliated 3
Ulster Unionist Party 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: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord McAvoy (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (167)

Not Contents (102)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.