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Lords division · 28 Oct 2025 · No. 6

Employment Rights Bill

Baroness Barran moved Motion N1, as an amendment to Motion N, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 121B in lieu—121B Schedule 4, page 195, line 18, at end insert—“(3) The SSSNB must not restrict employers from introducing terms and conditions of employment beyond the national framework, provided that such terms in aggregate meet or exceed any minimum standards set by the SSSNB and are designed to—(a) improve the skill levels of staff,(b) ensure that staff can meet the needs of children,(c) raise standards of support for children, or(d) improve recruitment and retention of support staff.(4) In determining whether the terms meet or exceed any minimum standards, none of the following conditions may be considered as breaching the minimum standards—(a) CPD and professional development requirements;(b) promotion dependent on securing particular qualifications;(c) working patterns that have pay consequences;(d) role-specific responsibilities including requirements to work with other employees in other schools or locations.(5) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, add to the list in subsection (4).”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 11

Contents: 184 Not Contents: 195

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 11 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 152
Crossbench 18
Non-affiliated 8
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 134
Liberal Democrat 52
Non-affiliated 5
Crossbench 3
Green Party 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 Courtown (Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (182)

Not Contents (193)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.