Building Safety Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:30 pm on 20 April 2022.
Votes in this debate
Division number 242
Building Safety Bill — Before Clause 117 — Meaning of “Relevant Building” — Exclusion of Short Buildings from Leaseholder Protection Scheme
Division number 243
Building Safety Bill — Before Clause 117 — Meaning of “Relevant Building” — Exclusion of Short Buildings from Leaseholder Protection Scheme
The House divided: Ayes 318, Noes 189.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Lords amendment 94, as amended, agreed to.
Government amendments (a) to (c) made to Lords amendment 98.
Lords amendment 98, as amended, agreed to.
Government amendment (a) made to Lords amendment 107.
Lords amendment 107, as amended, agreed to.
Government amendment (a) made to Lords amendment 108.
Lords amendment 108, as amended, agreed to.
Government amendments (a) and (b) made to Lords amendment 109.
Lords amendment 109, as amended, agreed to.
Government amendment (a) made to Lords amendment 145.
Lords amendment 145, as amended, agreed to.
Government amendments (a) and (b) made to Lords amendment 184.
Government amendments (c) and (d) proposed to Lords amendment 184. —(Stuart Andrew.)
Question put, That the amendments be made.
Division number 244
Building Safety Bill — Before Clause 117 — Meaning of “Relevant Building” — Caps on Remediation Charges Passed to Leaseholders
The House divided: Ayes 317, Noes 190.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Amendments (c) and (d) made to Lords amendment 184.
More than three hours having elapsed since the commencement of proceedings on Lords amendments, the proceedings were interrupted (Programme Order, this day).
The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (
Motion made, and Question put, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 184, as amended.—(Stuart Andrew.)
Division number 245
Building Safety Bill — Before Clause 117 — Meaning of “Relevant Building” — Caps on Remediation Charges Passed to Leaseholders
The House divided: Ayes 318, Noes 188.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Lords amendment 184, as amended, agreed to.
Lords amendment 6 disagreed to.
Government (a) made in lieu of Lords amendment 6.
Lords amendments 1 to 5, 7 to 92, 95 to 97, 99 to 106, 110 to 144, 146 to 183, and 185 to 191 agreed to, with Commons financial privilege waived in respect of Lords amendments 17, 22 to 30, 103, 104, 111 to 113, 116, 120 to 127, 137 and 138.
Government amendment (a) consequential on Lords amendment 78 made.
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As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
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