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Lords division · 11 Jun 2025 · No. 1

Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

Baroness Goldie moved Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, to leave out from “3” to end and insert “, do disagree with the Commons in their Amendment 2A and do propose Amendments 2B and 2C in lieu of Amendment 2A—2B Clause 1, page 1, line 15, at end insert—“(aa) to investigate concerns raised by a whistleblower in relation to the welfare of persons subject to service law and relevant family members, and”2C Clause 4, page 5, line 12, at end insert—“340IC Commissioner’s functions in relation to whistleblowing(1) The Commissioner may investigate any concern raised by a whistleblower of which the Commissioner becomes aware (whether because the whistleblower has contacted the Commissioner or for any other reason) but only if the whistleblower informs the Commissioner, before the beginning of the investigation, that he or she consents to an investigation taking place.(2) The Commissioner must, when carrying out an investigation under this section, take all reasonable precautions to ensure the anonymity of the whistleblower.(3) For the purposes of this section and section 365AA a person (“P”) is a “whistleblower” if—(a) P is subject to service law or is a relevant family member,(b) P raises a concern about a person who is subject to service law,(c) the concern raised by P relates to general service welfare matters (as defined by section 340IA(2)), and(d) the concern raised by P does not relate to the conditions of service of persons subject to service law.(4) After carrying out an investigation of a concern raised by a whistleblower under this section, the Commissioner may prepare a report setting out the Commissioner’s findings.(5) A report under subsection (4) must not include information which identifies the whistleblower or enables them to be identified, except with their consent.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 104

Contents: 265 Not Contents: 161

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 104 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 174
Liberal Democrat 54
Crossbench 18
Non-affiliated 9
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Plaid Cymru 2
Green Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Reform UK 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 129
Crossbench 26
Non-affiliated 5
Bishops 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: The Earl of Effingham (Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (263)

Not Contents (159)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.