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Lords division · 4 Jul 2023 · No. 1

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Lord Collins of Highbury moved Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 2D in lieu—2D Page 3, line 31, at end insert—“(5) Minimum service regulations may only be made if—(a) the Secretary of State has published draft regulations;(b) the Secretary of State has consulted the International Labour Organisation and given due consideration to such advice as it has proffered;(c) the Secretary of State has conducted an impact assessment of the effect of the draft regulations on the services to which the draft regulations relate, addressing, in particular, the effect—(i) on the general public;(ii) on the conduct of these services;(iii) on the conduct and effectiveness of the exercise of the right to strike in those services;(d) the Secretary of State has conducted a consultation with the representatives of trade unions, employers and any other interested party on the draft regulations and on the matters to be addressed by the impact assessment and, in particular, on whether the draft regulations should or do sufficiently provide, so far as possible under section 234F(2)(a), for protection of workers who do not receive a work notice or fail to comply with it, and for the identification of the “reasonable steps” which a union must not fail to take under section 234E and those which it is reasonable for it not to take;(e) the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a report on any advice proffered under paragraph (b) and the consultation under paragraph (d);(f) the Secretary of State has placed before a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament, convened for the purpose of reviewing them, the impact assessment under paragraph (c) and the report under paragraph (e) and the Joint Committee’s review has been published in a report to Parliament.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 19

Contents: 223 Not Contents: 204

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 108
Liberal Democrat 57
Crossbench 40
Non-affiliated 9
Bishops 5
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 171
Non-affiliated 14
Crossbench 12
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Lord Speaker 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.

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

Every vote

Contents (221)

Not Contents (202)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.