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Clause 48 - Power to provide financial assistance for economic development etc

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:06 pm on 7 December 2020.

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  • Division number 179
    A majority of MPs voted not to give ministers wide-ranging and uncapped powers to spend money on infrastructure, cultural, sporting, educational and economic development projects.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 48.—(Mike Freer.)

Division number 179 United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Clause 48 — Power to Provide Financial Assistance for Economic Development etc

A majority of MPs voted not to give ministers wide-ranging and uncapped powers to spend money on infrastructure, cultural, sporting, educational and economic development projects.

Aye: 356 MPs

No: 55 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 235 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 359, Noes 55.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 48 disagreed to.

The list of Members currently certified as eligible for a proxy vote, and of the Members nominated as their proxy, is published at the end of today’s debates.

Lords amendment 49 disagreed to.

Photo of Nigel Evans Nigel Evans Deputy Speaker (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)

As Madam Deputy Speaker informed the House earlier, Mr Speaker has given careful consideration to Lords amendment 50, which refers to state aid and the Office for the Internal Market. He is satisfied that it would impose a charge on the public revenue that is not authorised by the money resolution passed by the House on 14 September. In accordance with paragraph (3) of Standing Order No. 78, the amendment is therefore deemed to be disagreed to.

Lords amendment 50 deemed to be disagreed to (Standing Order No. 78(3)).

Lords amendments 51 to 57 disagreed to.

Lords amendment 61 disagreed to.

Lords amendments 2 to 7, 20 to 29, 35 to 41 and 58 to 60 agreed to.

Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83H), That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their amendments 1, 8 to 19, 30 to 34, 42, 44 to 57 and 61;

That Paul Scully, Michael Tomlinson, Jo Gideon, Mark Fletcher, Ed Miliband, Gill Furniss and Drew Hendry be members of the Committee;

That Paul Scully be the Chair of the Committee;

That three be the quorum of the Committee.

That the Committee do withdraw immediately.—(Mike Freer.)

Question agreed to.

Committee to withdraw immediately; reasons to be reported and communicated to the Lords.

Photo of Nigel Evans Nigel Evans Deputy Speaker (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)

In order to observe social distancing, the Reasons Committee will meet in Committee Room 12.