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Lords division · 22 Jun 2020 · No. 1

Fisheries Bill [HL]

Lord Krebs moved amendment 2, in clause 1, page 1, line 12, to leave out subsection (2) and insert—“(2) The “sustainability objective” is that—(a) fish and aquaculture activities do not compromise environmental sustainability in either the short or the long term;(b) subject to subsection (2)(a), fishing fleets must—(i) be managed to achieve economic, social and employment benefits and contribute to the availability of food supplies, and(ii) have fishing capacity that is economically viable but does not overexploit marine stocks.(2A) The sustainability objective is the prime fisheries objective.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 59

Contents: 310 Not Contents: 251

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 59 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 139
Liberal Democrat 78
Crossbench 68
Non-affiliated 15
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Green Party 2
Conservative 2
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 208
Crossbench 26
Non-affiliated 13
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Independent Labour 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.

Every vote

Contents (310)

Not Contents (251)

Source: the official Lords division record.