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Lords division · 16 Nov 2021 · No. 1

Dormant Assets Bill [HL]

Lord Bassam of Brighton moved amendment 1, in clause 29, page 22, line 13, at end to insert— “(1A) An order under this section may enable the creation of funds (to be known as “community wealth funds”) that may make grants and other payments to support the provision of social infrastructure to further the wellbeing of communities suffering from high levels of deprivation and low levels of social infrastructure.(1B) The Secretary of State may—(a) by order create one or more community wealth funds for a temporary period of at least 10 years, and(b) at the end of that period review the efficacy of the community wealth funds with a view to creating community wealth funds on a permanent basis.(1C) In subsection (1A), “social infrastructure” means—(a) buildings or other assets owned or managed by organisations located in communities for the purposes of local residents’ meeting, socialising, accessing educational resources, or conducting other activities to improve their wellbeing, or(b) organisations, whether incorporated or unincorporated, existing for the purposes set out in paragraph (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) or (j) of section 3(1) of the Charities Act 2011.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 19

Contents: 215 Not Contents: 196

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 19 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 100
Liberal Democrat 61
Crossbench 35
Non-affiliated 11
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Green Party 2
Conservative 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 174
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 7
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
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 (215)

Not Contents (196)

Source: the official Lords division record.