Lords division · 24 Mar 2022 · No. 5

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

Lord Addington moved amendment 21A, as an amendment to the motion that this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 21, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 21B instead of the words so left out of the Bill—21B After Clause 19, insert the following new Clause—“Employer-led occupational standards for further education teachingThe employer-led occupational standards for further education teachers must include a working knowledge of how the most commonly occurring special educational needs will affect students in the normal educational and training environment within an institution.””The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 70

Contents: 62 Not Contents: 132

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 70 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 45
Crossbench 8
Non-affiliated 4
Labour 3
Green Party 1
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 108
Non-affiliated 12
Crossbench 9
Bishops 1
Reform UK 1
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 (62)

Not Contents (132)

Source: the official Lords division record.