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Lords division · 18 Dec 2018 · No. 2

Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018

Lord Beecham moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of Lord Keen of Elie, at end insert “but this House regrets that the draft Order will introduce a revised non-contentious probate fee structure considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee to be “so far above the actual cost of the service [it] arguably amounts to a stealth tax and, therefore, a misuse of the fee-levying power” under section 180 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014; and that this Order represents a significant move away from the principle that fees for a public service should recover the cost of providing it and no more.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 25

Contents: 186 Not Contents: 161

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 25 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 97
Liberal Democrat 62
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 10

Not Contents

Conservative 132
Crossbench 15
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Democratic Unionist Party 2

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 McAvoy (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (184)

Not Contents (159)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.