From what I can tell the Lords amendment to the incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation is being moved.
I say 'is being moved' because Hansard is 3 hours behind...
The results of the Lords vote should be up soon...
It will then have to go to the Commons
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Lords insist on their original amendment 178 - 164
In response to this the Government (somewhat regrettably) accepted the Lords amendment so as to get Royal Assent ahead of tomorrow.
Notwithstanding this disappointment there is much that is positive. We now have, finally, the outlawing (albeit with a high hurdle of proof) of the incitement of hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
We also have, through this debate, reached some agreements about examples of overzealous policing (albeit no doubt well intentioned, but ended up making things a whole lot worse) and, hopefully achieved progress in this area while at the same time taking into some account the expressed fears of different sections of the community.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Ping Pong debates on the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
Very interesting debates in the House of Commons last night on Lords amendments to aforementioned Bill.
These concerned Lords amendment to the very important provision covering the incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The reference to Hansard is here.
The Government majority (to disagree with the Lords amendment) was 202. Reports on how individual MP's voted here (Public Whip).
The next big debate with a lot of interesting and quite illuminating interventions from Conservative benches (much more than I expected) was on the repeal of the common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel (I blogged previously on the debate on this in the Lords).
Hansard here.
The Lords amendment was carried by 321.
In both cases the Government majorities were very large. The ping pong now goes to the Lords where they have a chance to reinstate their earlier amendment. If they do so it will return again to the Commons and so on.
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These concerned Lords amendment to the very important provision covering the incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The reference to Hansard is here.
The Government majority (to disagree with the Lords amendment) was 202. Reports on how individual MP's voted here (Public Whip).
The next big debate with a lot of interesting and quite illuminating interventions from Conservative benches (much more than I expected) was on the repeal of the common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel (I blogged previously on the debate on this in the Lords).
Hansard here.
The Lords amendment was carried by 321.
In both cases the Government majorities were very large. The ping pong now goes to the Lords where they have a chance to reinstate their earlier amendment. If they do so it will return again to the Commons and so on.
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