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Lords division · 14 Dec 2020 · No. 2

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara moved Motion B1, as an amendment to Motion B, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 8M as an amendment to the words restored to the Bill by non-insistence on Amendments 8L, 13 and 56—Schedule 18M Page 48, line 47, at end insert—“5A (1) The United Kingdom market access principles do not apply to, and sections 2(3) and 5(3) do not affect the operation of, any requirements which—(a) make a contribution to the achievement of—(i) environmental standards and protection, or(ii) protection of public health,(b) are a proportionate means of achieving that aim, and(c) are not a disguised restriction on trade.(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b), a requirement is considered disproportionate if the aim being pursued in the destination part of the United Kingdom is already achieved to the same or a higher extent by requirements in the originating part of the United Kingdom.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 48

Contents: 302 Not Contents: 254

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 48 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 136
Liberal Democrat 79
Crossbench 66
Non-affiliated 18
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 200
Crossbench 31
Non-affiliated 14
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 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 (302)

Not Contents (254)

Source: the official Lords division record.