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Lords division · 2 Feb 2021 · No. 5

Trade Bill

Lord Grantchester moved as an amendment to Motion E, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 6B in lieu—After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Standards affected by international trade agreements(1) If regulations under subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act, or any other provisions of primary or subordinate legislation to implement an international trade agreement as defined in section 2(2), include provision in any of the areas listed in subsection (2), the provision must be consistent with maintaining United Kingdom levels of statutory protection in that area.(2) The areas referred to in subsection (1) are—(a) the protection of human, animal or plant life or health;(b) animal welfare;(c) environmental protection;(d) employment and labour;(e) online protections for children and vulnerable users;(f) health and care, and publicly funded data processing services and IT systems in connection with the provision of health and care; and(g) human rights and international obligations.(3) “United Kingdom levels of statutory protection” means levels of protection provided for, by or under any—(a) primary legislation,(b) subordinate legislation, or(c) retained direct EU legislation, which has effect in the United Kingdom, or the part of the United Kingdom in which the regulations or other provisions have effect, on the date on which a draft of the regulations is laid or (as the case may be) the provisions are first published.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 20

Contents: 277 Not Contents: 257

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 20 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 132
Liberal Democrat 75
Crossbench 45
Non-affiliated 13
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Bishops 3
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 209
Crossbench 33
Non-affiliated 13
Ulster 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.

Every vote

Contents (277)

Not Contents (257)

Source: the official Lords division record.