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Lords division · 29 Mar 2022 · No. 1

Building Safety Bill

Lord Stunell moved amendment 8, in clause 5, page 3, line 26, at end to insert—“(2) The regulator must within two years of this section coming into force carry out and publish an assessment of the benefits and costs of measures on improving the safety of people in or about buildings relating to—(a) fire suppression systems;(b) safety of stairways and ramps;(c) certification of electrical equipment and systems;(d) provision for people with disabilities.(3) The regulator’s assessment may—(a) make proposals in accordance with section 7(2) for regulations in respect of any of these matters, and(b) identify and give notice of such other matters relating to safety of people in or about buildings that they determine require further examination.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 25

Contents: 176 Not Contents: 151

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 25 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 82
Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 25
Non-affiliated 8
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Green Party 2
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 129
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 6
Lord Speaker 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Reform UK 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 (176)

Not Contents (151)

Source: the official Lords division record.