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Lords division · 26 Oct 2021 · No. 5

Environment Bill

The Duke of Wellington moved, as an amendment to Motion J, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 45B thereto— At end insert “and insert— “141A Duty on sewerage undertakers to take all reasonable steps to ensure untreated sewage is not discharged from storm overflows into inland and coastal waters (1) A sewerage undertaker must, as soon as reasonable, take such steps as arenecessary to—(a) demonstrate improvement in the performance of sewerage systems, and(b) secure progressive reductions in the harm caused by untreated sewage discharges into inland and coastal waters.(2) The Secretary of State, the Director and the Environment Agency must exercise their respective functions under this and any other Act to secure compliance with this duty.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 153

Contents: 213 Not Contents: 60

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 153 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 85
Liberal Democrat 58
Crossbench 39
Conservative 17
Non-affiliated 7
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Green Party 2

Not Contents

Conservative 53
Non-affiliated 3
Crossbench 2
Lord Speaker 1
Reform UK 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 (213)

Not Contents (60)

Source: the official Lords division record.