Lords division · 27 Nov 2023 · No. 1

Justification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023

Baroness Brinton moved, as an amendment to the motion that the Justification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023 be agreed to, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that (1) the Regulations are premature as the policy is still under development, (2) it is unclear whether a person can freely consent to the specified tests, (3) there is no defined mechanism for the Secretary of State to monitor and review the policy, and (4) neither an impact assessment, nor costs associated with the Regulations, have been presented to Parliament for scrutiny; and calls on His Majesty’s Government to withdraw the Regulations until the policy has been developed in full and an impact assessment and costings have been provided to Parliament.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 79

Contents: 165 Not Contents: 86

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 79 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 95
Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 5
Bishops 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 69
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 4
Ulster Unionist Party 2
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: Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), Baroness Thornhill (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (163)

Not Contents (84)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.