Legal Aid and Advice

Deferred Divisions – in the House of Commons at 6:39 pm on 5 December 2012.

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  • Division number 116
    A majority of MPs voted to extend legal aid to certain welfare appeals and certain international child benefit recovery cases.

That the draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 29 October, be approved.

The House divided:

Ayes 288, Noes 213.

Division number 116 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2012 — Extension of Legal Aid to Certain Welfare Appeals and Certain International Child Benefit Recovery Cases

A majority of MPs voted to extend legal aid to certain welfare appeals and certain international child benefit recovery cases.

Aye: 288 MPs

No: 213 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

No: A-Z by last name

Absent: 149 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Question accordingly agreed to.