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Lords division · 21 Oct 2025 · No. 4

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

Lord Vaux of Harrowden moved amendment 76, in Schedule 4, page 94, line 11, at end to insert—“(4A) Section 117 (reasonable use of force) is to be read as if at the end there were inserted—“(2) Authorised investigators exercising powers under section 109D may only use reasonable force, if necessary, against items and property, not against persons.(3) Nothing in subsection (2) restricts the power of a police constable to use reasonable force, if necessary, when exercising powers under section 109D Social Security Administration Act 1992.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 68

Contents: 212 Not Contents: 144

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 68 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 134
Liberal Democrat 46
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 7
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Plaid Cymru 2
Bishops 1
Lord Speaker 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 135
Non-affiliated 5
Crossbench 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 Vaux of Harrowden (Content), Lord Verdirame (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (210)

Not Contents (142)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.