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Lords division · 2 Mar 2026 · No. 3

Crime and Policing Bill

Baroness Walmsley moved amendment 262, in clause 79, page 106, line 40, at end to insert—“(6A) The sixth case is where P witnesses a child displaying sexualised, sexually harmful or other behaviour, physical signs of abuse or consequences of sexual abuse, such as pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease, to an extent that would cause a reasonable person who engages in the same relevant activity as P to suspect that a child sex offence may have been committed.(6B) The seventh case is where P witnesses a person (A) behaving in the presence of a child in a way that would cause a reasonable person who engages in the same relevant activity as P to suspect that A may have committed a child sex offence.(6C) A failure to comply with the duty under section 72(1) is not an offence where the reason to suspect that a child sex offence may have been committed arises from subsection (6A) or subsection (6B).”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 117

Contents: 61 Not Contents: 178

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 117 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 48
Crossbench 7
Non-affiliated 3
Green Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Labour 155
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 4
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Liberal Democrat 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: Lord Clement-Jones (Content), Baroness Walmsley (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (59)

Not Contents (176)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.