Lords division · 24 Mar 2025 · No. 1

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill

Lord Scriven moved Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 1B in lieu—1B After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—“Exemptions from the changes made by section 1: NHS and social care(1) The Treasury may by regulations made by statutory instrument specify that certain categories of persons are exempted from the changes to the rate of secondary Class 1 contributions made by section 1 of this Act.(2) The categories of persons any of whom may be specified under subsection (1) are—(a) a person providing a care home service or a domiciliary support service who is regulated under—(i) Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, or(ii) Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;(b) a person providing a service who is regulated under section 47(1)(a) or (b) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010;(c) a person providing a care home service or domiciliary support service regulated under the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;(d) a person contracted to provide primary care under the provisions of—(i) Part 4 of the National Health Service Act 2006,(ii) Part 4 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or(iii) sections 17J to 17O of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;(e) a person providing primary medical services through contractual arrangements with a Health and Social Services Board;(f) a person contracted to provide general dental services under the provisions of Part 2 of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992;(g) a person providing general dental services under Part 2 of the General Dental Services (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1993;(h) a person contracted to provide pharmacy services under the provisions of—(i) Part 7 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or(ii) Part 8 of the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013;(i) a person providing pharmaceutical services under Part 2 of the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;(j) a charitable provider of health and care;(k) a provider of health and care registered as a charity by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland;(l) a person providing hospice care whether in a hospice or elsewhere;(m) a carer to whom section 2(3A) of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 applies.(3) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 98

Contents: 271 Not Contents: 173

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 98 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative	166
Liberal Democrat	54
Crossbench	31
Non-affiliated	9
Democratic Unionist Party	3
Ulster Unionist Party	2
Green Party	2
Reform UK	1
Plaid Cymru	1
Bishops	1
Lord Speaker	1

Not Contents

Labour	155
Crossbench	14
Non-affiliated	4

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