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Lords division · 25 Feb 2025 · No. 3

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill

Baroness Kramer moved amendment 3, in clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end to insert—“(A1) In section 9(1A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, after paragraph (aa) insert—“(ab) if the employer is a specified employer under subsection (1B), the specified employer secondary percentage;”.(A2) After section 9(1A) of that Act insert—“(1B) A “specified employer” means—(a) a provider of education or childcare to children under five years of age—(i) registered in England in the early years register maintained by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills,(ii) registered in Wales with Care Inspectorate Wales, or(iii) registered in Scotland with the Scottish Care Inspectorate;(b) a university;(c) a provider of further or higher education;(d) a registered charity;(e) a housing association;(f) a small or micro business, as defined by section 33 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015;(g) a town council;(h) a parish council;(i) a business in the hospitality sector.(1C) For the purposes of this Act, the specified employer secondary percentage is 13.8%.””The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 76

Contents: 77 Not Contents: 153

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 76 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 9
Democratic Unionist Party 6
Conservative 3
Green Party 2
Non-affiliated 2
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Labour 143
Crossbench 7
Non-affiliated 3

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), Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (75)

Not Contents (151)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.