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Lords division · 14 Jan 2026 · No. 2

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Baroness Barran moved amendment 17, in clause 3, page 6, line 6, at end to insert—“(6) The provisions of this section other than subsections (6) to (9), shall not come into force until the Secretary of State has—(a) published a report evaluating the impact of the Families First pathfinder areas on the key child protection objectives set out by the government, and(b) laid the report before Parliament.(7) The report under subsection (6)(a) must include clear evidence demonstrating the extent to which the pathfinder areas have achieved improvements in—(a) early identification of children at risk of harm,(b) effective intervention to prevent abuse and neglect,(c) coordination between statutory agencies and family support services, and(d) outcomes for children and families subject to safeguarding interventions.(8) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument specify the date on which subsections (1) to (5) of this section come into force, but only after the requirements in subsection (6) have been met.(9) Regulations under subsection (8) may not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 2

Contents: 213 Not Contents: 211

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 2 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 175
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 10
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 149
Liberal Democrat 46
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 6
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 (211)

Not Contents (209)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.