This was a amendment on the Criminal Justice Bill. The Criminal Justice Bill aims to reform criminal law and policing, expand police powers, and address offender management, confiscation, crime prevention, anti-social behaviour, and related areas. At report stage, the government pushed a broad package of amendments to extend the bill’s reach across the UK, add cross-border powers and safeguarding measures, and tighten or clarify enforcement powers; three new clauses were debated but defeated in the Commons, showing limited appetite to widen powers further at this stage.
•Extend offences to Scotland and Northern Ireland, with a requirement to consult Scottish Ministers and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice before regulations are made
•Bring more offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (criminal lifestyle offences), including extending this to Northern Ireland
•Allow drug testing of controlled drugs when arrested at places other than a police station and align with the Drugs Act 2005
•Introduce new counter-terrorism–related regimes, including applying notification requirements to domestic or service offences and extending arrest/search powers
The result
Motion rejected
Margin: 101
171
272
Aye (39%)No (61%)
443 of 650 eligible MPs voted (68% turnout)
How each party voted
Labour (Co-op)
Voted for
116 aye0 no44 absent
Liberal Democrat
Voted for
10 aye0 no5 absent
Independent
Voted for
3 aye0 no1 absent
Plaid Cymru
Voted for
2 aye0 no
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Voted for
1 aye0 no1 absent
Democratic Unionist Party
Voted for
1 aye0 no4 absent
Who rebelled?
No MPs voted against their party on this division.
Turnout by party
68%
Plaid Cymru
2/2 (100%)
Your Party
1/1 (100%)
Reform UK
4/5 (80%)
Independent
3/4 (75%)
Labour (Co-op)
116/160 (73%)
Conservative
64/90 (71%)
Liberal Democrat
10/15 (67%)
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1/2 (50%)
What happens next?
The bill continues through its current stage with the amendment applied (or rejected).
