After Clause 148 - Permitted Locations for Abortion Treatment

Health and Care Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:11 pm on 30 March 2022.

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  • Division number 237
    A majority of MPs voted to permit drug-mediated abortion, up-to ten weeks into a pregnancy, without requiring an in-person consultation with a registered medical practitioner, and to permit the drugs to be taken at home.

Lords amendment 92 disagreed to.

Amendment (a) proposed in lieu of Lords amendment 92. —(Edward Argar.)

Question put, That the amendment be made.

Division number 237 Health and Care Bill — After Clause 148 — Permitted Locations for Abortion Treatment

A majority of MPs voted to permit drug-mediated abortion, up-to ten weeks into a pregnancy, without requiring an in-person consultation with a registered medical practitioner, and to permit the drugs to be taken at home.

Aye: 212 MPs

No: 184 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 247 MPs

Abstained: 3 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Abstained: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 215, Noes 188.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Amendment (a) made in lieu of Lords amendment 92.

Lords amendment 95 disagreed to.

Government amendment (a) made in lieu of Lords amendment 95.

Lords amendments 52 to 54, 66 to 79, 82, 84, 93, 94, 96 to 101 and 109 to 129 agreed to, with Commons financial privileges waived in respect of Lords amendments 52 to 54, 84, 93, 94, 96, 97 and 129.