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Lords division · 3 Apr 2003 · No. 2

Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Rogan as an amendment to Commons Amendment 14 at end to insert: “(3) The Secretary of State shall not make an order under subsection (2) until acts of completion have occurred. (4) In subsection (3), “acts of completion” means— (a) that the decommissioning of firearms, ammunition and explosives held by one of the organisations specified under Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000 has occurred and has been verified under section 3 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 by the Commission; (b) there has been a statement from that organisation ordering the termination of acts of paramilitary violence by that organisation, including— (i) shootings; (ii) beatings; (iii) threats; (iv) intimidations; and (c) there has been a statement from that organisation removing any threats to those who left their homes due to intimidation by that organisation. (5) The Secretary of State may by order add further acts to those listed in subsection (4) above.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 48

Contents: 91 Not Contents: 139

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 48 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 76
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Socialist 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 95
Liberal Democrat 24
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 8

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: Viscount Bridgeman (Content), Lord Laird (Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (89)

Not Contents (137)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.