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Lords division · 22 Jun 2000 · No. 1

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill

It was moved by the Lord Higgins, in Schedule 1, page 100, line 32, at end to insert: (“(3) The regulations shall in any event provide that the net weekly income of the non-resident parent shall be reduced in the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) and by the method mentioned in sub-paragraph (5), but subject to the limit mentioned in sub-paragraph (6). (4) The circumstances referred to in sub-paragraph (3) are where the parent with care has a gross annual income from all sources for the most recently completed financial year of more than £25,000. (5) The method referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is that for every pound by which the gross annual income of the parent with care exceeds £25,000 the net weekly income of the non-resident parent shall be reduced by one penny. (6) The limit referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is that the net weekly income of the non-resident parent shall not be reduced by more than 50 per cent. (7) The regulations shall in any event provide that net weekly income shall include both earned and unearned income.”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 30

Contents: 94 Not Contents: 124

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 30 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 50
Liberal Democrat 31
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 3
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 105
Non-affiliated 10
Crossbench 9

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 Burnham (Content), Lord Henley (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (92)

Not Contents (122)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.