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Lords division · 15 Apr 2026 · No. 2

Victims and Courts Bill

Lord Keen of Elie moved Motion D1, as an amendment to Motion D, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendments 4B and 4C in lieu—4B Clause 12, page 16, line 28, at end insert—“(2AB) Before making any regulations giving effect to subsections (2ZA) or (2A), the Secretary of State must—(a) publish an impact assessment evaluating the likely effects of the regulations, including, but not limited to, their impact on—(i) the ability of private prosecutors to bring proceedings,(ii) the charitable and voluntary sector, and(iii) access to justice, and(b) publish a response to that impact assessment.”4C Clause 12, page 16, line 30, at end insert—“(4) In section 29 (regulations), in subsection (1B) omit “or 19(4B)” and insert “, 19(4B).or 20(1A)(d) in relation to private prosecutions”.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 70

Contents: 270 Not Contents: 200

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 70 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 188
Liberal Democrat 59
Non-affiliated 9
Crossbench 6
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 168
Crossbench 28
Non-affiliated 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: The Earl of Courtown (Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (268)

Not Contents (198)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.