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Lords division · 6 Dec 2001 · No. 2

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill

It was moved by the Baroness Buscombe, in Clause 19, page 9, line 18, at end to insert: “( ) Information may only be disclosed voluntarily under this section if the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Commissioners of Customs and Excise believe or suspect that the disclosure may be of information which directly or indirectly relates to a risk to national security or to a terrorist. ( ) Any request by a relevant public authority for disclosure of information under this section may only be made if it believes or suspects that that information may relate directly or indirectly to any risk to national security or to a terrorist. ( ) “Relevant public authority” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) save that there is added thereto the Financial Services Authority and the Director of Public Prosecutions. ( ) “Terrorist” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of this Act.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 89

Contents: 227 Not Contents: 138

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 89 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 136
Liberal Democrat 49
Crossbench 26
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Conservative Independent 1
Independent Labour 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 118
Crossbench 13
Non-affiliated 7

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.

Tellers: Lord Cope of Berkeley (Content), Lord Roper (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (225)

Not Contents (136)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.