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Lords division · 2 Feb 2021 · No. 3

Trade Bill

Lord Collins of Highbury moved as an amendment to Motion B, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 2B in lieu—After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Free trade agreements: determination on state actions(1) Before a trade agreement can be laid before Parliament under section 20(1) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, Ministers of the Crown must determine whether another signatory to the relevant agreement has committed crimes against humanity, or if the agreement is compliant with the United Kingdom’s human rights and international obligations. Such a determination must be published and made available to the relevant Committees in both Houses of Parliament at the same time as they are requested to consider a signed trade agreement.(2) The Government must present an annual report to the relevant Committees in both Houses of Parliament which examines any crimes against humanity committed or alleged to have been committed by another signatory to the relevant agreement since it was signed. If such crimes have taken place, Ministers of the Crown must make a determination on the continuation of a trade agreement.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 98

Contents: 327 Not Contents: 229

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 98 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 135
Liberal Democrat 74
Crossbench 69
Non-affiliated 19
Conservative 12
Bishops 9
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Conservative 185
Crossbench 29
Non-affiliated 14
Ulster Unionist Party 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 (327)

Not Contents (229)

Source: the official Lords division record.