Government Defeat in Lords on Legal Services Bill [HL] Wednesday 17/10/2007

On 17/10/2007 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Legal Services Bill [HL]: To insist to raise the threshold for when the Legal Services Board can take action against approved regulators.

This was defeat number 44 in the parliamentary session.

Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 0 107 107 95 Labour 131 0 131 86 Liberal Democrat 0 49 49 27 Crossbench 6 23 29 172 Bishops 0 0 0 24 Other 1 1 2 13 Total 138 180 318 417

Conservative Votes with the Government

Conservative Votes against the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Earl Arran Lord Ashcroft Lord Astor of Hever Earl Attlee Lord Baker of Dorking Lord Bowness Viscount Bridgeman Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Baroness Byford Lord Campbell of Alloway Baroness Carnegy of Lour Earl Cathcart Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berkeley Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Lord De Mauley Lord Dean of Harptree Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Viscount Eccles Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Eden of Winton Baroness Elles Lord Elton Lord Feldman Earl Ferrers Baroness Fookes Lord Freeman Lord Geddes Lord Glentoran Lord Goodlad Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Hanham Lord Hayhoe Lord Henley Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Baroness Hooper Lord Howard of Rising Earl Howe Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Inglewood Lord James of Blackheath Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord Kimball Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kingsland Lord Kirkham Lord Laing of Dunphail Lord Lamont of Lerwick Lord Lawson of Blaby Earl Lindsay Earl Liverpool Lord Luke Lord Lyell of Markyate Lord Lyell Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord Marland Lord Marlesford Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness Miller of Hendon Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Naseby Lord Newton of Braintree Earl Northesk Lord Norton of Louth Baroness O'Cathain Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Baroness Park of Monmouth Lord Patten Baroness Perry of Southwark Lord Pilkington of Oxenford Baroness Platt of Writtle Lord Plumb Lord Quinton Baroness Rawlings Lord Reay Lord Rees Lord Roberts of Conwy Lord Rotherwick Lord Sanderson of Bowden Baroness Seccombe Lord Selkirk of Douglas Lord Selsdon Baroness Sharples Lord Shaw of Northstead Baroness Shephard of Northwold Lord Skelmersdale Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior Lord St John of Fawsley Lord Stewartby Lord Taylor of Holbeach Baroness Thatcher Lord Trefgarne Viscount Trenchard Lord Trimble Viscount Ullswater Baroness Verma Lord Waddington Lord Wade of Chorlton Lord Wakeham Baroness Wilcox Lord Windlesham

Labour Votes with the Government Lord Acton Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Adonis Lord Ahmed Baroness Amos Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Andrews Lord Archer of Sandwell Baroness Ashton of Upholland Lord Bach Lord Barnett Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Bernstein of Craigweil Baroness Billingham Lord Bilston Lord Borrie Lord Boyd of Duncansby Lord Bradley Lord Bragg Lord Brennan Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Burlison Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Carter of Coles Lord Christopher Lord Clarke of Hampstead Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Baroness Crawley Lord Darzi of Denham Baroness David Lord Davidson of Glen Clova Lord Davies of Oldham Lord Davies of Coity Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Lord Desai Lord Dixon Lord Donoughue Lord Drayson Lord Dubs Lord Eatwell Lord Elder Lord Evans of Parkside Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Faulkner of Worcester Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Giddens Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Graham of Edmonton Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Baroness Henig Baroness Hilton of Eggardon Baroness Hollis of Heigham Lord Howarth of Newport Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hoyle Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Hunt of Chesterton Lord Irvine of Lairg Lord Janner of Braunstone Lord Jones Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Lord King of West Bromwich Lord Kirkhill Lord Lea of Crondall Lord Leitch Lord Lipsey Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract Lord Macaulay of Bragar Lord Macdonald of Tradeston Baroness Mallalieu Baroness Massey of Darwen Lord Maxton Baroness McDonagh Lord McIntosh of Haringey Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Moonie Baroness Morgan of Drefelin Baroness Morgan of Huyton Lord Morris of Manchester Lord Patel of Blackburn Lord Pendry Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Puttnam Baroness Quin Lord Radice Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Baroness Rendell of Babergh Lord Richard Lord Robertson of Port Ellen Lord Rooker Lord Rosser Lord Rowlands Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sawyer Baroness Scotland of Asthal Lord Sewel Viscount Simon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Snape Lord Soley Lord Stone of Blackheath Lord Strabolgi Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Taylor of Blackburn Baroness Taylor of Bolton Baroness Thornton Lord Tomlinson Lord Triesman Lord Truscott Lord Tunnicliffe Baroness Turner of Camden Baroness Vadera Lord Warner Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Lord Wedderburn of Charlton Lord West of Spithead Baroness Whitaker Lord Whitty Lord Williams of Elvel Lord Young of Norwood Green Labour Votes against the Government Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government

Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Baroness Barker Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Bradshaw Lord Burnett Lord Carlile of Berriew Lord Chidgey Lord Clement-Jones Lord Cotter Lord Dholakia Lord Dykes Viscount Falkland Baroness Falkner of Margravine Lord Greaves Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Lord Hooson Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Lord Lee of Trafford Baroness Linklater of Butterstone Lord Livsey of Talgarth Lord Mackie of Benshie Lord Maclennan of Rogart Lord McNally Lord Methuen Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Baroness Neuberger Lord Newby Baroness Northover Lord Razzall Lord Redesdale Lord Rennard Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Roper Baroness Scott of Needham Market Lord Sharman Baroness Sharp of Guildford Lord Shutt of Greetland Lord Smith of Clifton Lord Steel of Aikwood Baroness Thomas of Winchester Lord Thomas of Gresford Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Lord Tope Lord Tordoff Lord Tyler Lord Wallace of Saltaire Baroness Walmsley

Crossbench Votes with the Government Baroness Greengross Baroness Howarth of Breckland Lord Low of Dalston Baroness Meacher Baroness Murphy Lord Ouseley Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Bilimoria Viscount Bledisloe Lord Bridges Viscount Brookeborough Viscount Colville of Culross Baroness D'Souza Lord Freyberg Lord Hannay of Chiswick Lord Laird Countess of Mar Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord Mawson Lord Monson Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Lord Neill of Bladen Lord Rogan Lady Saltoun of Abernethy Earl Sandwich Lord St John of Bletso Lord Thomas of Swynnerton Lord Walpole Lord Walton of Detchant 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 Lord Stoddart of Swindon

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