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Lords division · 23 Jun 2003 · No. 1

Communications Bill

It was moved by the Lord Puttnam, in Clause 3, page 3, line 3, to leave out subsection (1) and insert: “(1) It shall be the principal duty of OFCOM, in carrying out their functions— (a) to further the interests of citizens in relation to communications matters; and (b) in that context, to further the interests of consumers in relevant markets; and to do so where appropriate by promoting competition. (1A) Where it appears to OFCOM, in relation to the carrying out of any of their functions under Chapter 1 of Part 2, that the requirement specified in subsection (1)(a) conflicts with the requirement specified in subsection (1)(b), they may give priority to the requirement specified in subsection (1)(b).”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 105

Contents: 179 Not Contents: 74

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 105 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 71
Liberal Democrat 36
Labour 32
Crossbench 30
Non-affiliated 6
Bishops 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 66
Non-affiliated 5
Crossbench 3

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 Crickhowell (Content), Lord Puttnam (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (177)

Not Contents (72)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.