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Lords division · 25 Nov 2020 · No. 5

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Lord Fox moved amendment 75, in clause 50, page 39, line 5, at end to insert “, subject to subsection (3A).(3A) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (3) may not appoint a day for the commencement of Part 1, 2, 3 or 4 until the following requirements are met—(a) the requirement in subsection (3B), and(b) the requirement in subsection (3C) or the requirement in subsection (3D).(3B) The requirement in this subsection is that the Prime Minister must convene a plenary session of the Joint Ministerial Council in order to seek agreement of the market access principles set out in section 1(2).(3C) If an agreement on the market access principles is reached at the conclusion of the Joint Ministerial Council session, the requirement in this subsection is that the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a memorandum of understanding which sets out—(a) details of the agreed principles; and(b) proposals for the establishment of an agreed dispute resolution mechanism relating to the internal market in the United Kingdom for any disputes among the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers, and a Northern Ireland department.(3D) If unanimous agreement is not reached at the conclusion of the Joint Ministerial Council session, the requirement in this subsection is that the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report outlining—(a) why unanimous agreement could not be reached; and(b) proposals for the operation of the internal market in the United Kingdom in light of the fact that an agreement under subsection (3B) was not reached unanimously.”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 113

Contents: 134 Not Contents: 247

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 113 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 77
Crossbench 36
Labour 9
Non-affiliated 8
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 193
Crossbench 29
Non-affiliated 16
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Labour 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 (134)

Not Contents (247)

Source: the official Lords division record.