Government Defeat in Lords
on Government of Wales Bill
Thursday 13/07/2006
On 13/07/2006 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an
amendment to the Government of Wales Bill: To require that Orders in Council can
only have retrospective effect where it is "not to the detriment of those who have
either benefited from or acted in reliance upon the state of the law before the
retrospective Order is made".
This was defeat number 49 in the parliamentary session.
Breakdown of Votes
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Crossbench
Bishops
Other
Total
For Govt
0
99
2
4
0
1
106
Against Govt
101
0
0
9
0
0
110
Total
101
99
2
13
0
1
216
No vote
107
112
77
180
25
13
514
Conservative Votes with the Government
Conservative Votes against the Government
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Lord Astor of Hever
Lord Baker of Dorking
Lord Biffen
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
Viscount Bridgeman
Baroness Byford
Earl Caithness
Baroness Carnegy of Lour
Lord Cavendish of Furness
Lord Cope of Berkeley
Lord Colwyn
Baroness Cumberlege
Lord De Mauley
Lord Dixon-Smith
Earl Dundee
Baroness Eccles of Moulton
Baroness Elles
Lord Elton
Earl Ferrers
Baroness Fookes
Lord Fowler
Lord Freeman
Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Lord Glenarthur
Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Lord Henley
Lord Higgins
Lord Howell of Guildford
Earl Howe
Lord Inglewood
Baroness James of Holland Park
Lord Kalms
Lord Kimball
Lord Kirkham
Baroness Knight of Collingtree
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Lord Lane of Horsell
Lord Luke
Lord Lucas
Lord Marlesford
Lord Mayhew of Twysden
Baroness Miller of Hendon
Lord Moore of Lower Marsh
Baroness Noakes
Lord Newton of Braintree
Baroness O'Cathain
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
Earl Attlee
Lord Bowness
Baroness Buscombe
Lord Campbell of Alloway
Lord Chadlington
Lord Crickhowell
Lord Dean of Harptree
Viscount Eccles
Lord Elliott of Morpeth
Baroness Flather
Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
Lord Geddes
Lord Hayhoe
Baroness Hooper
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Lord Jenkin of Roding
Lord Kingsland
Lord Laing of Dunphail
Lord Lawson of Blaby
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
Lord McColl of Dulwich
Baroness Morris of Bolton
Earl Northesk
Lord Patten
Baroness Perry of Southwark
Lord Plummer of St Marylebone
Lord Renton
Lord Sanderson of Bowden
Lord Selsdon
Lord Sheikh
Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior
Baroness Trumpington
Lord Waddington
Baroness Wilcox
Lord Pilkington of Oxenford
Baroness Rawlings
Lord Renton of Mount Harry
Baroness Seccombe
Baroness Sharples
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Lord Swinfen
Viscount Ullswater
Lord Wade of Chorlton
Lord Windlesham
Baroness Platt of Writtle
Lord Reay
Lord Roberts of Conwy
Earl Selborne
Lord Shaw of Northstead
Lord Skelmersdale
Lord Trefgarne
Baroness Verma
Lord Waldegrave of North Hill
Labour Votes with the Government
Lord Acton
Baroness Amos
Lord Bach
Baroness Blackstone
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Lord Christopher
Lord Clinton-Davis
Baroness David
Lord Desai
Lord Evans of Temple Guiting
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port
Lord Harrison
Lord Haworth
Lord Hogg of Cumbernauld
Baroness Howells of St Davids
Lord King of West Bromwich
Lord Lipsey
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate
Lord McIntosh of Haringey
Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Lord Patel of Blackburn
Baroness Prosser
Lord Randall of St Budeaux
Lord Rosser
Lord Sainsbury of Turville
Lord Snape
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Baroness Thornton
Lord Tunnicliffe
Lord Whitty
Lord Adonis
Baroness Andrews
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Lord Borrie
Lord Brookman
Lord Clark of Windermere
Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova
Lord Dixon
Lord Evans of Parkside
Baroness Ford
Baroness Golding
Lord Gould of Brookwood
Lord Grocott
Lord Hart of Chilton
Baroness Henig
Baroness Hollis of Heigham
Lord Howie of Troon
Lord Kinnock
Baroness Lockwood
Baroness Massey of Darwen
Lord McKenzie of Luton
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Baroness Pitkeathley
Lord Prys-Davies
Baroness Rendell of Babergh
Lord Rowlands
Lord Sewel
Lord Soley
Baroness Taylor of Bolton
Lord Triesman
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
Lord Williams of Elvel
Lord Ahmed
Lord Archer of Sandwell
Lord Bernstein of Craigweil
Lord Brennan
Lord Carter of Coles
Lord Clarke of Hampstead
Baroness Crawley
Lord Davies of Oldham
Lord Dubs
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Baroness Gale
Lord Goldsmith
Baroness Gould of Potternewton
Lord Harris of Haringey
Lord Haskel
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon
Lord Howarth of Newport
Lord Hughes of Woodside
Lord Lea of Crondall
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
Lord Morgan
Lord Morris of Aberavon
Lord Plant of Highfield
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
Lord Rooker
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Viscount Simon
Lord Strabolgi
Lord Temple-Morris
Lord Truscott
Baroness Whitaker
Lord Woolmer of Leeds
Labour Votes against the Government
Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government
Crossbench Votes with the Government
Baroness Boothroyd
Baroness D'Souza
Baroness Young of Hornsey
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Crossbench Votes against the Government
Viscount Brookeborough
Lord Kilclooney
Lord Marsh
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Lord Walpole
Lord Weatherill
Countess of Mar
Viscount Tenby
Lord Williamson of Horton
Bishop Votes with the Government
Bishop Votes against the Government
Other Votes with the Government
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Other Votes against the Government
Ref:
1025