David Rees
Labour
4:38,
3 March 2026
The first vote will be on item 4, the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2026, and I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 37, no abstentions, and 12 against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7358
Item 4. The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2026.
David Rees
Labour
4:39,
3 March 2026
The next vote is on item 6, the Annual Returns (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 46, no abstentions and three against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7359
Item 6. The Annual Returns (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026.
David Rees
Labour
4:40,
3 March 2026
We will now move to the vote under item 8, the Online Safety Act 2023 (Exempt User-to-User and Search Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 47, two abstentions and none against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7360
Item 8. The Online Safety Act 2023 (Exempt User-to-User and Search Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
David Rees
Labour
4:41,
3 March 2026
The next vote is under item 9, the Waste Separation Requirements (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 46, no abstentions and three against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7361
Item 9. The Waste Separation Requirements (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
David Rees
Labour
4:42,
3 March 2026
The next vote is on item 12, the road traffic regulations. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 37, no abstentions and 12 against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7362
Item 12. The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
David Rees
Labour
4:42,
3 March 2026
The final vote for the time being is on item 13, the police settlement 2026-27. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 37, 12 abstentions and none against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7363
Item 13. Debate: The Police Settlement 2026-27.
David Rees
Labour
4:43,
3 March 2026
We will now take a short break before we move to our Stage 3 proceedings. The bell will be rung five minutes before we reconvene. I would encourage Members to return to the Chamber promptly, please.
The House of Commons votes by dividing. Those voting Aye (yes) to any proposition walk through the division lobby to the right of the Speaker and those voting no through the lobby to the left. In each of the lobbies there are desks occupied by Clerks who tick Members' names off division lists as they pass through. Then at the exit doors the Members are counted by two Members acting as tellers. The Speaker calls for a vote by announcing "Clear the Lobbies". In the House of Lords "Clear the Bar" is called. Division Bells ring throughout the building and the police direct all Strangers to leave the vicinity of the Members’ Lobby. They also walk through the public rooms of the House shouting "division". MPs have eight minutes to get to the Division Lobby before the doors are closed. Members make their way to the Chamber, where Whips are on hand to remind the uncertain which way, if any, their party is voting. Meanwhile the Clerks who will take the names of those voting have taken their place at the high tables with the alphabetical lists of MPs' names on which ticks are made to record the vote. When the tellers are ready the counting process begins - the recording of names by the Clerk and the counting of heads by the tellers. When both lobbies have been counted and the figures entered on a card this is given to the Speaker who reads the figures and announces "So the Ayes [or Noes] have it". In the House of Lords the process is the same except that the Lobbies are called the Contents Lobby and the Not Contents Lobby. Unlike many other legislatures, the House of Commons and the House of Lords have not adopted a mechanical or electronic means of voting. This was considered in 1998 but rejected. Divisions rarely take less than ten minutes and those where most Members are voting usually take about fifteen. Further information can be obtained from factsheet P9 at the UK Parliament site.
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.
