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Clause 18 - Policy statement on environmental principles

Environment Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:46 pm on 20 October 2021.

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  • Division number 88
    A majority of MPs voted to exempt national security and defence as well as taxation and spending from those policy areas where ministers would be required to have due regard to environmental policy.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 28.—(Rebecca Pow.)

Division number 88 Environment Bill — Clause 18 — Policy Statement on Environmental Principles — Exemptions

A majority of MPs voted to exempt national security and defence as well as taxation and spending from those policy areas where ministers would be required to have due regard to environmental policy.

Aye: 305 MPs

No: 184 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 155 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 309, Noes 185.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 28 disagreed to.