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Lords division · 25 Mar 2021 · No. 1

COVID-19 pandemic and the Coronavirus Act 2020

Baroness Brinton moved that this House expresses its sorrow at the 126,000 deaths in the United Kingdom caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; regrets that Her Majesty’s Government failed to learn the lessons from the earlier stages of the pandemic in order to prepare for the winter of 2020/21 and is therefore continuing to treat each development as a new public health emergency; further regrets that some of the powers in the Coronavirus Act 2020 have caused confusion amongst police and prosecutors, leading to more than 252 people being wrongfully charged; further regrets that despite provision for payments to the self-employed and those self-isolating, too many have been unable to claim payments due to the rules; regrets that the one year status report was presented to Parliament only three days before debate, along with substantial Regulations for the House to consider at the same time; and therefore calls on Her Majesty’s Government to publish a comprehensive plan to manage surges in cases through quarantine, test, trace and isolate to prevent the importation and increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 and any new variants. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 160

Contents: 119 Not Contents: 279

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 160 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 75
Crossbench 28
Non-affiliated 7
Labour 6
Green Party 2
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 203
Crossbench 46
Non-affiliated 19
Labour 5
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Ulster Unionist Party 2
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 (119)

Not Contents (279)

Source: the official Lords division record.