Gaming machines on licensed betting premises

Wales Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:30 pm on 24 January 2017.

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Votes in this debate

  • Division number 129
    A majority of MPs voted against empowering Welsh ministers and the National Assembly for Wales to regulate the number of betting machines in licensed betting premises where the maximum charge for use is over £2, opting instead to limit devolved powers to where the maximum charge is over £10.

Amendment (a) proposed to Lords amendment 36.— (Jo Stevens.)

Question put, That the amendment be made.

The House divided:

Ayes 170, Noes 281.

Division number 129 Wales Bill — After Clause 48 — Devolution of Regulation of Gaming Machines — Maximum Charge Threshold

A majority of MPs voted against empowering Welsh ministers and the National Assembly for Wales to regulate the number of betting machines in licensed betting premises where the maximum charge for use is over £2, opting instead to limit devolved powers to where the maximum charge is over £10.

Aye: 169 MPs

No: 280 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 194 MPs

Abstained: 1 MP

Absent: A-Z by last name

Abstained: A-Z by last name

Question accordingly negatived.

Lords amendment 36 agreed to.

Lords amendments 37 to 43, 45, 47 to 136, and 138 to 177 agreed to.