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Lords division · 26 Apr 2023 · No. 2

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Baroness O’Grady of Upper Holloway moved amendment 4, in the Schedule, page 4, line 40, at end to insert—“234CA Protection of employees(1) A person is not subject to a work notice if the person in question has not received a copy of the work notice.(2) It is for the employer to prove that an individual received a work notice.(3) Failure to comply with a work notice is not to—(a) be regarded as a breach of the contract of employment of any person identified in the work notice, or(b) constitute lawful grounds for dismissal or any other detriment.(4) Having regard to subsection (3), failure to comply with a work notice is deemed to be—(a) a trade union activity undertaken at an appropriate time for the purposes of sections 146 (detriment on grounds related to union membership or activities) and 152 (dismissal of employee on grounds related to union membership or activities), and(b) participation in industrial action for the purposes of sections 238 (dismissals in connection with other industrial action) and 238A (participation in official industrial action).”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 31

Contents: 232 Not Contents: 201

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 31 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 113
Liberal Democrat 62
Crossbench 45
Non-affiliated 7
Green Party 2
Conservative 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 180
Non-affiliated 9
Crossbench 9
Ulster Unionist Party 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.

Tellers: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Content), Baroness Wheeler (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (230)

Not Contents (199)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.