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Lords division · 28 Apr 2021 · No. 1

National Security and Investment Bill

Lord West of Spithead moved, as an amendment to Motion A, at end to insert “and do propose Amendments 11B and 11C in lieu—11B Page 36, line 15, at end insert “, except for any confidential annex prepared under subsection (2B) while that subsection is in force”11C Page 36, line 33, at end insert—“(2A) Until the condition in subsection (2C) is met, each report must also provide, in respect of final notifications given, and final orders made, varied or revoked—(a) a summary of the decision of the Secretary of State under section 26(1), and(b) a summary provided by the Security Services of any national security risk assessment provided under section 26(3)(a)(ii) relating to each decision under section 26(1).(2B) Until the condition in subsection (2C) is met, where the Secretary of State considers that publication of any information listed in subsection (2A) would be contrary to the interests of national security, those details may be excluded from publication and instead must be included in a confidential annex to the report provided to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on the same day that the rest of the report is laid before each House of Parliament.(2C) Subsections (2A) and (2B) have effect only until a revised memorandum of understanding between the Prime Minister and the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament under section 2 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 has been laid before Parliament which provides for oversight by the Intelligence and Security Committee of the activities of the Secretary of State under section 26 of this Act.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 77

Contents: 318 Not Contents: 241

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 77 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 149
Liberal Democrat 78
Crossbench 66
Non-affiliated 14
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Conservative 2
Green Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 204
Non-affiliated 18
Crossbench 16
Lord Speaker 1
Conservative Independent 1
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 (318)

Not Contents (241)

Source: the official Lords division record.