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Lords division · 18 Oct 2023 · No. 2

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill

Lord Faulks moved Motion B1, as an amendment to Motion B, to leave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its disagreement with the Commons in their Amendment 161A, do not insist on its Amendment 161B, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 161C, and do propose Amendment 161D in lieu—161D After Clause 187, insert the following new Clause—“Civil recovery of proceeds of crime: costs of proceedingsCivil recovery: costs of proceedingsAfter section 316 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 insert—“316A Costs orders(1) This section applies to proceedings brought by an enforcement authority under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 where the property in respect of which the proceedings have been brought has been obtained through economic crime.(2) When assessing what order to make in relation to the costs of proceedings, the court should take into account—(a) the merits of the case,(b) whether the enforcement authority acted reasonably in bringing proceedings,(c) whether costs were reasonably incurred by any party to the proceedings, and(d) the impact of any order on—(i) the enforcement authority, and its ability to carry out its enforcement functions, and(ii) any other party to the proceedings.”””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 36

Contents: 245 Not Contents: 209

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 36 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 113
Liberal Democrat 62
Crossbench 46
Non-affiliated 13
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Conservative 3
Green Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 186
Non-affiliated 12
Crossbench 9
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.

Tellers: Baroness Humphreys (Content), Baroness Thornhill (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (243)

Not Contents (207)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.