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Lords division · 21 Oct 2025 · No. 1

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

Baroness Finn moved amendment 27, in clause 67, page 36, line 1, at end to insert—“(A1) Investigatory and enforcement powers under sections 3 (information notices), 7 (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 etc powers), 17 (direct deduction orders), and 39 (deduction from earnings orders) of this Act shall not be exercised except as provided for in this section.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 110

Contents: 270 Not Contents: 160

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 110 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 166
Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 31
Non-affiliated 11
Ulster Unionist Party 3
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Plaid Cymru 1
Green Party 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 143
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 6
Bishops 2

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

Every vote

Contents (268)

Not Contents (158)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.