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Government Defeats in the House of Lords

The House of Lords in 2019.

Summary tables and voting records are recorded for every session since 2005-06. Defeats from preceding sessions can be reached by clicking on the tabs below. The column on the right shows the number of votes the government was beaten by. To see details of a defeat, click the relevant line of the table and this will bring up a report showing the number of votes cast for and against, and lists of voters (in both cases broken down by party). 

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2024-2025

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2024 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Defeat no.DateBillSubjectMajority

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06/11/2024Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill-14

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06/11/2024Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill-55

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05/11/2024Crown Estate Bill [HL]-81

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04/11/2024Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL]-122

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11/09/2024Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024-32
2023-2024

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2023 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Defeat no.DateBillSubjectMajority
21/05/2024Victims and Prisoners Bill-15
21/05/2024Victims and Prisoners Bill-3
14/05/2024Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill-15
30/04/2024Victims and Prisoners Bill-21
30/04/2024Victims and Prisoners Bill-6
23/04/2024Victims and Prisoners Bill-11
23/04/2024Victims and Prisoners Bill-8
22/04/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-29
17/04/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-52
17/04/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-37
16/04/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-57
16/04/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-17
16/04/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-39
16/04/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-25
20/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-39
20/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-37
20/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-30
20/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-30
20/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-50
20/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-55
20/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-43
13/03/2024West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024-83
13/03/2024Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill-11
11/03/2024Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill-15
11/03/2024Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill-12
11/03/2024Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill-16
11/03/2024Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill-25
06/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-84
06/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-75
06/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-44
06/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-84
06/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-89
04/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-91
04/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-87

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04/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-110

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04/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-102

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04/03/2024Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill-102

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06/02/2024Electoral Commission Strategy and Policy Statement-16

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22/01/2024Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement-43

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12/12/2023Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023-31

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06/12/2023Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels) -4

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27/11/2023Immigration (Age Assessments) Regulations 2023-89

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27/11/2023Justification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023-79
2022-2023

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2022 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Defeat no.DateBillSubjectMajority
23/10/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-3
23/10/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-9
18/10/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-36
18/10/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-41
18/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-8
18/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-8
18/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-19
18/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-35
18/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-25
18/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-40
18/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-31
13/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-31
13/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-47
13/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-33
13/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-44
13/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-31
12/09/2023Energy Bill [HL]-3
11/09/2023Procurement Bill [HL]-5
11/09/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-32
11/09/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-26
06/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-17
05/09/2023Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill-11
04/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-9
04/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-10
04/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-6
04/09/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-5
19/07/2023Online Safety Bill-13
13/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-13
13/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-5
13/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-9
13/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-5
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-47
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-43
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-52
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-67
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-58
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-79
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-66
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-61
12/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-66
12/07/2023Online Safety Bill-40
11/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-2
11/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-18
11/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-8
11/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-25
11/07/2023Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill-4
10/07/2023Online Safety Bill-72
05/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-55
05/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-30
05/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-63
05/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-54
05/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-50
04/07/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-19
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-25
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-48
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-48
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-64
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-60
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-53
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-74
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-79
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-78
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-69
03/07/2023Illegal Migration Bill-36
28/06/2023Illegal Migration Bill-52
28/06/2023Illegal Migration Bill-65
28/06/2023Illegal Migration Bill-42
28/06/2023Illegal Migration Bill-43
27/06/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-14
27/06/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-16
27/06/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-3
26/06/2023Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill-12
26/06/2023Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill-24
21/06/2023National Security Bill-58
21/06/2023National Security Bill-47
20/06/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-20
20/06/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-19
20/06/2023Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill-43
20/06/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill-60
20/06/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill-45
13/06/2023Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023-36
13/06/2023Financial Services and Markets Bill-9
08/06/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-31
08/06/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-30
08/06/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-32
08/06/2023Financial Services and Markets Bill-37
08/06/2023Financial Services and Markets Bill-34
06/06/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill-75
06/06/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill-54
17/05/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.-64
15/05/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill-10
15/05/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill-68
15/05/2023Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill-91
26/04/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-29
26/04/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-24
26/04/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-31
26/04/2023Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill-24
17/04/2023Energy Bill [HL]-11
17/04/2023Energy Bill [HL]-26
17/04/2023Energy Bill [HL]-3
17/04/2023Energy Bill [HL]-33
28/03/2023Energy Bill [HL]-10
28/03/2023Public Order Bill-45
21/03/2023Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023-47
14/03/2023Public Order Bill

-46
07/03/2023National Security Bill-26
01/03/2023National Security Bill-39
07/02/2023Public Order Bill-55
07/02/2023Public Order Bill-59
07/02/2023Public Order Bill-91
07/02/2023Public Order Bill-9
07/02/2023Public Order Bill-14
07/02/2023Public Order Bill-77
30/01/2023Public Order Bill-3
30/01/2023Public Order Bill-22
07/12/2022Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill-43
30/11/2022Procurement Bill [HL]-20
30/11/2022Procurement Bill [HL]-22
28/11/2022Procurement Bill [HL]-15

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28/11/2022Procurement Bill [HL]-1

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28/11/2022Procurement Bill [HL]-13

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18/10/2022Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]-13

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12/10/2022Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill-8

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20/07/2022Slavery and Human Trafficking (Definition of Victim) Regulations 2022-30

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04/07/2022UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]-14

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04/07/2022UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]-29

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28/06/2022Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022-74

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07/06/2022Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc., Regulations 2022-64
2021-2022

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2021 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority
26/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-1
26/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-8
26/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-25
25/04/2022Elections Bill-66
06/04/2022Elections Bill-29
05/04/2022Health and Care Bill-9
05/04/2022Health and Care Bill-42
05/04/2022Health and Care Bill-8
05/04/2022Health and Care Bill-36
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-1
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-5
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-21
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-25
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-9
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-37
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-23
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-27
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-67
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-43
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-38
04/04/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-44
31/03/2022Judicial Review and Courts Bill-14
31/03/2022Judicial Review and Courts Bill-14
31/03/2022Judicial Review and Courts Bill-24
31/03/2022Judicial Review and Courts Bill-5
31/03/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-11
31/03/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-39
29/03/2022Building Safety Bill-14
29/03/2022Building Safety Bill-32
29/03/2022Building Safety Bill-33
29/03/2022Building Safety Bill-35
24/03/2022Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-13
22/03/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-15
22/03/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-42
22/03/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-43
22/03/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-24
16/03/2022Health and Care Bill-5
16/03/2022Health and Care Bill-44
16/03/2022Health and Care Bill-59
08/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-34
08/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-66
08/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-84
08/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-82
08/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-71
08/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-70
07/03/2022Health and Care Bill-44
07/03/2022Health and Care Bill-40
07/03/2022Health and Care Bill-41
07/03/2022Health and Care Bill-38
07/03/2022Health and Care Bill-50
03/03/2022Health and Care Bill-19
03/03/2022Health and Care Bill-13
03/03/2022Health and Care Bill-52
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-7
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-2
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-5
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-52
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-47
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-48
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-53
02/03/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-49
01/03/2022Health and Care Bill-14
01/03/2022Health and Care Bill-15
28/02/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-23
28/02/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-78
28/02/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-79
28/02/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-36
28/02/2022Nationality and Borders Bill-83
09/02/2022Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill-40
07/02/2022National Insurance Contributions Bill-22
07/02/2022National Insurance Contributions Bill-16
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-43
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-75
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-84
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-64
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-45
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-54
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-56
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-53
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-78
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-67
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-95
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-57
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-73
17/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-47
12/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-12
12/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-12
12/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-30
10/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-37
10/01/2022Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill-35
14/12/2021Advanced Research and Innovation Agency Bill-13
08/12/2021Armed Forces Bill-42
08/12/2021Armed Forces Bill-22
23/11/2021Armed Forces Bill-46
23/11/2021Armed Forces Bill-20
16/11/2021Dormant Assets Bill [HL]-21
02/11/2021Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill-42
26/10/2021Environment Bill-143
26/10/2021Environment Bill-35
26/10/2021Environment Bill-51
21/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-10
21/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-32
21/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-10
21/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-16
21/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-50
19/10/2021Telecommunications (Security) Bill-16
19/10/2021Telecommunications (Security) Bill-4
12/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-19
12/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-5
12/10/2021Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]-7
15/09/2021Environment Bill-18
15/09/2021Environment Bill-6
15/09/2021Environment Bill-4
15/09/2021Environment Bill-15
13/09/2021Environment Bill-37
13/09/2021Environment Bill-12
13/09/2021Environment Bill-36
08/09/2021Environment Bill-10
08/09/2021Environment Bill-29

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08/09/2021Environment Bill-2

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08/09/2021Environment Bill-22

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06/09/2021Environment Bill-22

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06/09/2021Environment Bill-43

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06/09/2021Environment Bill-30

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20/07/2021Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021-10

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20/07/2021Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]-5

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14/07/2021Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021-30

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10/06/2021Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021-31
2019-2021

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2019 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority
28/04/2021National Security and Investment Bill-77
27/04/2021Fire Safety Bill-82
26/04/2021Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill-69
21/04/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-63
21/04/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-59
21/04/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-54
21/04/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-58
20/04/2021Fire Safety Bill-86
15/04/2021National Security and Investment Bill-64
14/04/2021Financial Services Bill-38
13/04/2021Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill-80
13/04/2021Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill-75
13/04/2021Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill-59
13/04/2021Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill-105
24/03/2021Financial Services Bill-41
17/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-78
17/03/2021Fire Safety Bill-78
15/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-95
15/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-49
15/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-59
10/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-38
10/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-57
10/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-34
10/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-73
08/03/2021Domestic Abuse Bill-84
03/03/2021Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill-49
23/02/2021Trade Bill-153
11/02/2021Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Claimants previously entitled to a severe disability premium) Amendment Regulations 2021-55
02/02/2021Trade Bill-20
02/02/2021Trade Bill-171
02/02/2021Trade Bill-98
02/02/2021Trade Bill-44
02/02/2021Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) Regulations 2021-3
14/01/2021Medicines and Medical Devices Bill-63
13/01/2021Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill-39
13/01/2021Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill-104
13/01/2021Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill-91
13/01/2021Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill-15
12/01/2021Medicines and Medical Devices Bill-84
12/01/2021Medicines and Medical Devices Bill-83
11/01/2021Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill-23
06/01/2021Trade Bill-27
06/01/2021Trade Bill-46
06/01/2021Trade Bill-92
06/01/2021Trade Bill-16
15/12/2020Trade Bill-65
14/12/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-48
14/12/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-103
09/12/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-77
09/12/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-69
09/12/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-45
09/12/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-105
07/12/2020Trade Bill-89
07/12/2020Trade Bill-126
07/12/2020Trade Bill-76
07/12/2020Trade Bill-47
02/12/2020State Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020-20
30/11/2020High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill-17
25/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-85
25/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-41
25/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-82
23/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-61
23/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-77
18/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-104
18/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-158
17/11/2020Fire Safety Bill-13
17/11/2020Fire Safety Bill-13
17/11/2020Fire Safety Bill-19
09/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-259
09/11/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-268
22/10/2020Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020-9
21/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-78
20/10/2020Agriculture Bill-78
20/10/2020Agriculture Bill-38
20/10/2020United Kingdom Internal Market Bill-226
14/10/2020Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020-6
08/10/2020Parliamentary Constituencies Bill-78
08/10/2020Parliamentary Constituencies Bill-34
08/10/2020Parliamentary Constituencies Bill-95
08/10/2020Parliamentary Constituencies Bill-37
08/10/2020Parliamentary Constituencies Bill-21
06/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-101
05/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-28
05/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-106
05/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-94
05/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-96
05/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-89
05/10/2020Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill-80

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23/09/2020Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020

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22/09/2020Agriculture Bill-107

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22/09/2020Agriculture Bill-49

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22/09/2020Agriculture Bill-95

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22/09/2020Agriculture Bill-48

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17/09/2020Agriculture Bill-62
15/09/2020Agriculture Bill-50
01/07/2020Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill-26
30/06/2020Pension Schemes Bill [HL]-36
30/06/2020Pension Schemes Bill [HL]-24
30/06/2020Pension Schemes Bill [HL]-37
30/06/2020Pension Schemes Bill [HL]-24
29/06/2020Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill-52
29/06/2020Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill-60
24/06/2020Fisheries Bill [HL]-59
24/06/2020Fisheries Bill [HL]-42
24/06/2020Fisheries Bill [HL]-18

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22/06/2020Fisheries Bill [HL]

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17/06/2020Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]-87

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15/06/2020Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]-84

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15/06/2020Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]-19

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21/01/2020European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill-4

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21/01/2020European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill

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20/01/2020European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill-20

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20/01/2020European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill-36

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20/01/2020European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill-40
2019

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2019 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority

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23/10/2019Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019-72
2017-2019

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2017-19 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority
22/07/2019Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill-114
17/07/2019Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill-103
03/07/2019Brexit: Appointment of Joint Committee-146
27/06/2019Climate Change Act 2008 (2050
Target Amendment) Order 2019
-39
24/06/2019Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]-44
19/06/2019Children’s Homes etc. Inspection Fees, Childcare Fees, Adoption and Children Act Register (Amendment) Regulations 2019-85
20/05/2019Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2019-47
26/03/2019REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019-12

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19/03/2019Offensive Weapons Bill-21
13/03/2019Trade Bill

-39
13/03/2019Trade Bill-67
13/03/2019Trade Bill

-101
12/03/2019Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill-38
12/03/2019Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill-36
06/03/2019Trade Bill-66
06/03/2019Trade Bill-47
26/02/2019Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill-14
26/02/2019Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill-9
13/02/2019European Union Withdrawal-86
28/01/2019Brexit: Parliamentary approval of the outcome of negotiations with the European Union-152
21/01/2019Trade Bill (motion)-35
14/01/2019Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration-167
18/12/2018Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018-25
17/12/2018Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill-18
10/12/2018Arrangement of Business: Motion to adjourn during pleasure until 5:30pm-36
03/12/2018Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill-29
27/11/2018Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]-84
21/11/2018Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]-13
34.22/10/2018Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL]

-22
33. 27/06/2018 Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) BillTo require the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority to develop a relative price cap for suppliers, setting the difference between the cheapest rate and the most expensive standard variable or default rate as a specified proportion of the cheapest rate. -1
32. 18/06/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo insist on parliamentary approval for the outcome of UK-EU negotiations, but, in line with Dominic Grieve's amendment at CCLA, to require the government, in case no agreement has been reached  by 21 January 2019, to make a statement regarding their proposed strategy subject to a motion to approve in the House of Commons, rather than to a motion in neutral terms, as proposed by the government. -119
31. 17/05/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to propose primary legislation establishing a duty on public authorities to apply principles of EU environmental law after exit day, and to establish an independent public body to ensure compliance. -50
30. 15/05/2018 Data Protection Bill [HL]To insist to require the government to set up an inquiry into allegations of data protection breaches committed by or on behalf of news publishers, but to consider the separate legal context in Northern Ireland and Scotland and exclude local and regional publishers. -39
 29. 08/05/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo require ministers to state their justification if proposing the negative procedure for statutory instruments under certain clauses of the Bill, and to accept decisions of a committee reporting on the instrument, or of the House itself, that the affirmative procedure should apply instead. -31
28. 08/05/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo make it a condition of enactment that the government should adopt a negotiating objective to achieve an international agreement enabling the UK to continue to participate in the European Economic Area after exit day. -29
27. 08/05/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo delete the provision in the bill that defines exit day as 11pm on 29 March 2019, and to specify instead that exit day may be appointed through regulations. -78
26. 08/05/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo insert a clause specifying that no provision in the bill shall prevent the UK from replicating in domestic law any EU law made on or after exit day, or continuing to participate in, or have a formal relationship with, EU agencies after exit day. -71
25. 02/05/2018  European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo insert a clause requiring ministers to observe the 1998 Northern Ireland Act and UK-EU agreement on the continuation of North-South co-operation when implementing this Act, and to place various limits on new border arrangements for Northern Ireland. -68
24. 30/04/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo insert a clause requiring the government to preserve specified provisions of the EU Dublin Regulation, which allow persons seeking asylum, including unaccompanied minors, adults and children, to join a family member, sibling or relative in the UK. -24
23.  30/04/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo require that ministers should seek approval by Parliament of a mandate to negotiate the UK's future relationship with the EU. -38
22. 30/04/2018   European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo insert a clause requiring parliamentary approval of the outcome of negotiations between the UK and the EU, and specifying the conditions under which the government must follow directions from Parliament in negotiating the UK's relationship with the EU. -91
21. 25/04/2018  European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo remove a provision that ministers could make regulations to prevent, remedy or mitigate deficiencies in retained EU law as they consider 'appropriate', and to specify instead that they may make such regulations where it is 'necessary'. -128
20. 23/04/2018  European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo retain in domestic law the right to challenge a legal instrument retained from EU law on the grounds that it fails to comply with general principles of EU law. -56
19. 23/04/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo remove provisions enabling ministers, after the UK has left the European Union, to specify through regulations where the validity of retained EU law may be challenged in court. -50
18. 23/04/2018  European Union (Withdrawal) BillTo include the European Charter of Fundamental Rights as part of retained EU law after the UK has left the European Union, with the exception of the preamble and of Chapter V, which sets out the rights of EU citizens. -71
17.  18/04/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillPaving amendment to specify that retained EU law regarding employment rights, equality, health and safety and environmental standards cannot be amended, repealed or revoked except by primary legislation or by secondary legislation subject to an enhanced scrutiny procedure.  -97
16. 18/04/2018 European Union (Withdrawal) BillPaving amendment to require the government to report to both Houses by 31 October 2018 regarding the steps taken to negotiate continued participation of the UK in a customs union with the EU before the European Communities Act 1972 can be repealed. -123
15. 17/04/2018Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [HL]To require the Secretary of State to produce and present before both Houses a report on trailer-related road accidents, and to make a recommendation on whether there should be a mandatory safety testing scheme for all trailers weighing more than 750kg. -3
14. 20/03/2018 Free School Lunches and Milk, and School and Early Years Finance (Amendments Relating to Universal Credit) (England) Regulations 2018To regret the changes in entitlement to free school meals proposed through the regulations, and to call on the government not to implement the regulations until a full poverty impact assessment has been completed and considered by both Houses. (non-fatal motion). -7
13.  20/03/2018 Nuclear Safeguards BillPaving amendment to require the government to produce and to present before parliament reports on nuclear safeguards and future arrangements with Euratom at the end of four successive reporting periods which will follow the passing of the Act. -50
12. 20/03/2018Nuclear Safeguards BillTo insert a clause to require the government to suspend the UK's withdrawal from Euratom until either international agreements have been reached or the UK is allowed to continue under current arrangements if the agreements are not in place by 1 March 2019. -71
11. 17/01/2018 Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]To remove the ability of ministers to create criminal offences through regulations made under the bill regarding the detection, investigation or prevention of money laundering. -79
10. 15/01/2018 Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]To remove the ability of ministers to create criminal offences through regulations made under the bill. -18
9. 15/01/2018 Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]To extend the issues that ministers must consider when making regulations under the bill that impose sanctions on designated persons or countries, to include promotion of conflict resolution, human rights, democracy and the rule of law. -47
8.08/01/2018 Data Protection Bill [HL]To insert a clause providing that courts must award costs against publishers that are not members of an approved regulator in data protection claims, unless satisfied that the claim could not have been resolved by arbitration provided by the regulator. -17
7. 08/01/2018 Data Protection Bill [HL]To insert a clause to require the Secretary of State to establish within three months of the passing of the Act an inquiry into allegations of data protection breaches committed by, or on behalf of, news publishers. -29
6.  08/01/2018 Data Protection Bill [HL]To require the Information Commissioner to maintain a register of personal data of national significance that is controlled by public bodies, and to prepare a code of practice setting out practical guidance in relation to such data. -31
5.  01/11/2017 Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]To introduce a requirement for trustees or managers of pension schemes to ask members, when they request access to or transfer of their pension assets, if they have received information and guidance from the financial guidance body established by the bill. -82
4. 24/10/2017 Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]To require the new financial guidance body to advise the Secretary of State on issues of consumer detriment in relation to cold calling regarding financial services and products, and to allow the Secretary of State to institute bans on cold calling. -48
3.  24/10/2017Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL]To add consumer protection to the functions of the financial guidance body established by the bill. -55
2.   13/09/2017 Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017To regret that the rules may act against the Aarhus Convention on access to justice in environmental matters that the cost of litigation should not be prohibitive, and may deter claimants from bringing meritorious environmental cases (non-fatal motion)  -45
1.06/09/2017 National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017To regret that the regulations do not require that in 2017-18 NHS England meets the target to ensure that 92% of patients are treated within 18 weeks of referral, and to ask the government to publish the legal advice they have received (non-fatal motion)-65
2016-2017

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2016-17 parliamentary session, in reverse order. 

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority
38. 05/04/2017 Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2016 and the Higher Education (Higher Amount) (England) Regulations 2016To regret the proposal to vary the maximum rate of university fees according to TEF teaching ratings, and to ask the government to report annually on the economic impact and cost of the present student loan system and increasing rate of graduate debt (non-fatal motion).  -11
37. 05/04/2017Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) BillTo insist to ask that the government, in securing best value for the NHS in purchasing medical supplies, considers supporting the UK life sciences sector, and ensuring access for patients to new medicines and treatments approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. -38
36. 29/03/2017 Digital Economy BillTo insert a clause requiring persons who re-sell tickets for cultural, sporting or recreational events using secondary ticketing facilities to provide the ticket reference or booking number, as well as any conditions attached to the resale of the ticket. -23
35. 29/03/2017 Digital Economy BillTo insert a clause to ensure that public service broadcasting channels are entitled to prominence on all TV viewing platforms and electronic programme guides, including connected and on-demand menus. -29
34. 29/03/2017  Digital Economy BillTo insert a clause to require the Secretary of State to set up an independent body titled the BBC Licence Fee Commission, which would make recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding the level of licence fee required to fund the BBC. -68
33. 27/03/2017 Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017To move to regret that the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 are implemented without adequate scrutiny, and to ask the government to review their impact on people with mental health conditions within two years (non-fatal motion). -8
32. 27/03/2017 Technical and Further Education BillTo insert a clause to include a duty that Ofsted takes into account the careers advice made available to students in carrying out inspections of further education colleges. -38
31. 27/03/2017 Technical and Further Education BillTo insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to make provisions to enable persons under the age of 20 undertaking an apprenticeship to be eligible for child benefits. -54
30. 20/03/2017 Digital Economy BillTo insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to produce and to present to parliament a report regarding the effectiveness of the regulatory framework on internet pornography proposed in the bill within 18 months of it coming into force. -20
29. 20/03/2017 Digital Economy BillTo insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to bring forward, subject to the approval of parliament, a code of practice regarding the responsibilities of social media platform providers to protect children and young people from online abuse. -26
28. 13/03/2017 Higher Education and Research BillTo insert a clause requiring that students at UK universities are not counted as long term migrants, and that non-UK citizens holding offers to study or to work as academic staff are not subject to more restrictive immigration rules than currently apply. -94
27. 08/03/2017 Higher Education and Research Bill To allow appeals against a decision by the Office for Students to revoke degree-awarding powers on the grounds that the decision was wrong, rather than that it was based on error of fact, wrong in law, or unreasonable, as the bill states. -34
 26. 08/03/2017 Higher Education and Research BillTo require the Office for Students to ensure, in granting degree-awarding powers to higher education providers, that providers have functioned to required standards for at least four years, or have the approval of the proposed Quality Assessment Committee. -16
25. 08/03/2017 Higher Education and Research BillTo insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to introduce a scheme to provide information about the quality of education and teaching provided by higher education institutions, replacing the proposed scheme to give ratings to such institutions. -94
24. 07/03/2017 European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) BillTo require the Prime Minister to subject an agreement regarding the terms of the UK's withdrawal from, and future relationship with, the EU, to approval by both Houses of Parliament before the European Parliament votes on the agreement. -98
23. 06/03/2017 Higher Education and Research BillTo require higher education institutions to provide students with the opportunity to be added to the electoral register through the process of enrolling. -11
22. 06/03/2017 Higher Education and Research BillTo insert a clause to prevent the scheme in the bill for rating the quality and standards of higher education institutions from being used to set course fees, or the number of fee paying students, that higher education institutions can recruit. -53
21. 01/03/2017 European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) BillTo require the UK government to produce proposals within three months of giving notification of the intention of withdrawal from the EU to ensure that the rights of residence of citizens of EU or EEA countries legally resident in the UK are maintained. -102
20. 28/02/2017Neighbourhood Planning BillTo require the Secretary of State to make regulations to remove building owners' currently existing rights to change the use of, or to demolish, drinking establishments without seeking planning permission. -90
19. 23/02/2017 Neighbourhood Planning BillTo ensure that regulations made under the bill do not prevent local planning authorities from requiring pre-commencement conditions that are otherwise in conformity with the existing National Planning Policy Framework. -7
18. 22/02/2017 Digital Economy BillTo insert a clause to require telecommunication service providers to offer customers the opportunity to place a financial cap on their monthly bills upon entering a contract, and to switch mobile providers at no extra cost in accordance with OFCOM rules. -46
17. 22/02/2017 Digital Economy BillTo place the universal service obligation for broadband on the face of the bill, specifying targets for broadband connections and services, and requiring the government to prioritise SMEs and rural areas and to ensure mobile network coverage across the UK. -44
16. 07/02/2017 Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) BillTo insert a clause to require that the government, in securing best value for the NHS in purchasing medical supplies, considers supporting the UK life sciences sector, and ensuring access for patients to new medicines and treatments approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. -45
15. 09/01/2017Higher Education and Research BillTo insert a clause at the start of the bill to define universities as autonomous institutions, and to outline their roles as promoters of academic freedom and freedom of speech and their contribution to society through teaching and research. -27
14. 19/12/2016 Pension Schemes Bill [HL]To insert a clause to require the Secretary of State to provide for a funder of last resort for cases where the Master Trust managing a pension scheme has insufficient funds to meet the costs of winding up the scheme and transferring the rights of members. -4
13. 12/12/2016 Policing and Crime BillPaving amendment to allow members of the public to make complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman about lack of observance by the police of the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, and to allow the Parliamentary Ombudsman to conduct investigations. -6
12. 12/12/2016 Policing and Crime BillTo increase the maximum sentence for stalking offences from 5 to 10 years. -11
11. 07/12/2016 Policing and Crime BillTo insert a clause to require police and crime commissioners to make recommendations to the Secretary of State as to whether bereaved families at inquests involving the police require financial support, in order to ensure parity of legal funding. -35
10. 30/11/2016 Policing and Crime BillTo insert a clause to require the Prime Minister to commission an independent inquiry into the operation of the police complaints system with respect to allegations of corrupt relationships between the police and newspaper organisations. -50
9. 08/11/2016 Children and Social Work Bill [HL]To remove a clause enabling the Secretary of State to exempt local authorities in England from children's social care legislation requirements in order to allow them to test different ways of working to provide children's social care. -32
8. 02/11/2016 Investigatory Powers BillTo insist to allow victims of unlawful interceptions to claim costs against publishers that are not members of approved regulators, but to relate this to a new clause defining civil liability for unlawful interceptions of public communication networks. -29
7. 31/10/2016 Investigatory Powers Bill To define civil liability related to unlawful interceptions of communications, allowing victims of unlawful interceptions of both private and public communication networks to claim costs against publishers that are not members of approved regulators. -40
6.24/10/2016Bus Services Bill [HL]To remove a clause that would prevent local authorities in England from forming companies with the purpose of providing local transport services.-12
5.12/10/2016 Bus Services Bill [HL]To allow all categories of local authorities other than combined mayoral authorities to opt for franchising schemes for buses without seeking permission from the Secretary of State, as the bill currently provides. -17
4.12/10/2016Bus Services Bill [HL]To require local authorities that propose a transport partnership scheme termed 'advanced quality partnership' under the bill to give notice to the representatives of any affected employees. -25
3.12/10/2016Bus Services Bill [HL]To require local authorities that enter into a transport partnership scheme to impose the low carbon emissions standards provided by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles on all new buses that deliver local services. -41
2.12/10/2016 Bus Services Bill [HL]To allow local authorities that enter into a transport partnership scheme termed 'advanced quality partnership' under the bill to apply to the Secretary of State for additional powers to enforce moving traffic offences. -41
1.11/10/2016 Investigatory Powers BillPaving amendment to define civil liability related to unlawful interceptions of communications, allowing victims of unlawful interceptions to claim costs against publishers that are not members of approved regulators. -102
 
2015-2016

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2015-16 parliamentary session, in reverse order.

Government Defeats

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority
60 10/05/2016 Housing and Planning Bill To insist for the second time that local authorities can make a case to the Secretary of State to retain and spend payments from selling social housing, to cover in each case at least one affordable home outside London, or at least two in London. -11
59 04/05/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo insist on previous amendment to require sustainable drainage systems to be implemented in all new developments, ending the right to connect to existing conventional drainage, and extending current provisions which exclude small-scale developments. -24
58 04/05/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo insist to require all new homes in England built from 1 April 2018 to achieve the carbon compliance standard equivalent to an improvement on the target emission rate of 60% for detached houses, 56% for attached houses, and 44% for flats. -34
57 04/05/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo insist to enable parish councils and neighbourhood forums to appeal against the granting of planning permission by local authorities for housing developments that conflict with existing neighbourhood plans, but conceding not to include emerging plans. -34
56 04/05/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo insist to allow local authorities to retain and spend payments from selling social housing on building similar properties, but accepting that agreement must first be reached with the Secretary of State regarding the need for such replacements. -56
55 04/05/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo insist to enable local authorities to decide planning developments based on local need, accepting that the Secretary of State may require provision of starter homes, but allowing them to comply by providing alternative affordable home ownership options. -60
54 27/04/2016Housing and Planning BillTo increase the measure of the level of household income for the purpose of defining high income local authority tenants every three years to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index, rather than by referring to income thresholds as provided. -34
53 27/04/2016Housing and Planning BillTo allow local authorities to spend payments from selling social housing properties on building similar properties for rent purposes, provided that need is demonstrated, rather than transferring payments to the Secretary of State as provided in the bill. -78
52 26/04/2016 Immigration BillTo insist that the Secretary of State shall be required to arrange to relocate to the UK and support unaccompanied refugee children from Europe, but to specify that the number of children shall be determined in consultation with local authorities. -107
51 26/04/2016 Immigration BillTo insist that detention of pregnant women in immigration cases should apply only in the most exceptional circumstances, agreeing to the time limit of 72 hours, or up to 7 days days if detention is authorised by a minister, as proposed by the House of Commons. -56
50 26/04/2016 Immigration BillTo insist on previous amendment to limit the period of detention in immigration removal centres without judicial oversight to a maximum of 28 days, or 28 days in aggregate, with possible extension by a court in exceptional circumstances. -65
49 26/04/2016 Energy Bill [HL]To insist that new renewables obligation certificates may be issued after the current termination date of 31 March 2016 for onshore wind generating stations that had received planning permission for up to three months after 18 June 2015. -50
48 25/04/2016Housing and Planning BillTo insert a clause to require sustainable drainage systems to be implemented in all new developments, consequently ending the right to connect to existing conventional drainage, and extending current provisions which exclude small-scale developments. -64
47 25/04/2016Housing and Planning BillTo insert a clause to provide that local planning authorities may require small-scale developments and developments in rural areas to make affordable housing contributions, rather than leaving such requirements to be determined by regulations. -84
46 25/04/2016Housing and Planning BillTo insert a clause to require all new homes in England built from 1 April 2018 to achieve the carbon compliance standard equivalent to an improvement on the target emission rate of 60% for detached houses, 56% for attached houses, and 44% for flats. -48
45 20/04/2016Housing and Planning BillTo provide that planning permission in principle should apply specifically to housing led development, rather than to general development of land, as the bill currently allows. -42
44 20/04/2016Housing and Planning BillTo insert a clause to enable parish councils and neighbourhood forums to appeal to the Secretary of State against the granting of planning permission by local authorities for housing developments that conflict with made or advanced neighbourhood plans. -57
43 18/04/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo add the threshold above which local authority tenants are regarded as high income tenants to the face of the bill, increasing it to £50,000 a year per household in London, and £40,000 outside London, rather than the £40,000 and £30,000 proposed by the government.-91
42 18/04/2016  Housing and Planning BillTo introduce a limit to the rate by which rent for high income local authority tenants can be increased, specifying that the rent shall not equate to more than 10 pence for each pound of a tenant's income above the minimum income threshold. -103
41 18/04/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo allow local housing authorities in England to decide whether or not to charge an increased level of rent for high income tenants of social housing, rather than requiring them to do so. -64
40 13/04/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo require that determinations by the Secretary of State provided in the bill regarding payments made by local housing authorities in England should be made by regulation, and consequently subject to approval by parliament. -76
39 12/04/2016 Energy Bill [HL]To provide that new onshore wind development certificates may be issued after the currently proposed termination date of 31 March 2016 if planning permission for wind generating stations or for additional capacity was given on or before 18 June 2015. -4
38 12/04/2016 Immigration BillTo introduce an absolute exclusion from detention for pregnant women in immigration cases, rather than a presumptive exclusion, as the law currently allows. -59
37 11/04/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo allow planning authorities in England to decide on the provision of starter homes in residential developments based on their assessment of local housing need, removing the Secretary of State's power to make regulations on the matter. -86
36 11/04/2016 Housing and Planning BillTo require the repayment of the 20% discount of market value applicable to starter homes, reduced by 1/20th for each year of occupation by the purchaser, for a period of 20 years. -94
35 21/03/2016 Immigration BillTo insert a clause to require the Secretary of State to make arrangements to relocate to the UK and support 3000 unaccompanied refugee children from other countries in Europe, in addition to the resettlement under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.  -102
34 16/03/2016Renewables Obligation Closure Etc. (Amendment) Order 2016To move to regret the early closing of the Renewables Obligation to small solar photovoltaic installations, noting the detrimental effect on solar energy schemes, and calling on the government to reinstate the Obligation. -9
33 16/03/2016 Trade Union BillTo remove a clause conferring the Secretary of State reserved powers to restrict facility time arrangements for trade union officials in public sector bodies. -88
32 16/03/2016 Trade Union BillTo provide that trade unions with political funds ask new members upon joining whether they wish to contribute to the political fund. -148
31 16/03/2016 Trade Union BillTo insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to commission an independent review on electronic balloting for strike action, and subsequently to present before each House of Parliament a strategy for the introduction of electronic balloting. -139
30 15/03/2015 Immigration BillTo insert a clause to limit the period of detention in immigration removal centres without judicial oversight to a maximum of 28 days, or 28 days in aggregate, with possible extension by a court in exceptional circumstances.-17
29 09/03/2016 Immigration BillTo insert a clause to make provisions and to define the conditions for leave to remain to be granted to overseas domestic workers, allowing workers to change employers without losing their 'leave to remain' status. -28
28 09/03/2016 Immigration BillTo insert a clause to require the Secretary of State to grant asylum seekers permission to take up employment if a decision has not been made on their asylum application within six months. -85
27 29/02/2016Welfare Reform   and Work BillTo insist to not remove the work-related activity component of the Employment and Support Allowance, but requiring only a delay until the Secretary of State has presented an impact assessment report before both Houses. -67
26 26/01/2016Welfare Reform and Work BillTo remove a clause amending the Welfare Reform Act 2007 to remove the work-related activity group component of the employment and support allowance.
 
 -85
25 25/01/2016 Welfare Reform and Work BillTo insert a clause requiring that the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament an annual report on child poverty based on measures of family income. -92
24 20/01/2016Trade Union Bill Select Committee motionTo move that a select committee should be appointed to consider the clauses in the Trade Union Bill regarding political funds, and that the committee should report by 29 February.-93
23 30/11/2015 Enterprise Bill [HL]To insert a clause to require pub-owning businesses to offer a market rent only option to tied pub tenants, and to introduce rent assessments for tenants. -22
22 30/11/2015 Enterprise Bill [HL]To insert a clause requiring that the environmental objectives of the Green Investment Bank are specified in the company's articles of association, and ensuring that the articles require its directors to act and review their actions against the objectives. -47
21 18/11/2015 European Union Referendum BillTo insert a clause to allow 16 and 17 year-olds to vote in the EU referendum.-82
20 27/10/2015Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2015To insert an amendment to the motion to annul the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2015, adding that the motion should be annulled because it goes against the advice of the Electoral Commission. -10
19 26/10/2015 Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015To decline to consider the draft Regulations until the government reports a scheme for transitional protection for current low-income recipients of tax credits, responds to the analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and considers mitigating action. -17
18 26/10/2015 Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015To decline to consider the draft Regulations until the government presents a report detailing their response to the analysis of the draft Regulations produced by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and considering mitigating action. -30
17 21/10/2015 Energy Bill [HL]To insert a clause to prevent carbon units deriving from the operation of the EU Emissions Trading System from contributing to the UK's carbon emissions target after 31 December 2027. -23
16 21/10/2015 Energy Bill [HL]To remove the clause providing for the closure of the renewables obligation (subsidies) for onshore wind generating stations.  -52
15 19/10/2015 Energy Bill [HL]To insert a clause to extend the remit of the Oil and Gas Authority to include overseeing the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure and securing the infrastructure for the transportation and storage of greenhouse gases. -72
14 14/10/2015Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015 To move to regret that the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015 impose a rigid structure of court charges, and were presented to parliament before dissolution, allowing little time for scrutiny (non-fatal motion). -32
13 14/10/2015 Childcare Bill [HL]To require that any statutory instruments under the bill should be approved by resolution in both Houses. -22
12 14/10/2015 Childcare Bill [HL]To require that regulations under the bill should ensure flexible childcare for parents working outside the hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and to ensure that childcare is made available during school holidays. -26
11 14/10/2015 Childcare Bill [HL]To insert a clause requiring the government to produce a review of the free childcare entitlement funding system before the bill is enacted.-13
10 21/7/15Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]To prevent the transfer of regulatory functions for the health service to devolved bodies.-65
9 21/7/15Proposed changes to the Standing Orders of the House of CommonsTo move that a joint committee be appointed to produce a report on the constitutional implications of the government's revised proposals on English Votes for English Laws by 30 March 2016.-181
8 20/7/15Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill [HL]To insert a clause ensuring that charities are able to dispose of their assets in a way that is consistent with their charitable purposes.-83
7 15/07/15Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]To insert a clause enabling referendums to undo change to city governance arrangements. -41
6 15/07/15 Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]To insert a clause lowering the age for voting in local government elections from 18 to 16. -67
5 14/07/15 Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]To make supplying new psychoactive substances in prisons an aggravating offence. -38
4 13/07/15 Universal Credit (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations 2015To move that there be a delay to the enactment of the 'waiting days' amendment to universal credit regulations until universal credit has been fully rolled out. -11
3 13/07/15 Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]To prevent the Secretary of State from making the creation of a directly elected mayor of a combined authority a condition for the transfer of power to that authority. -65
2 13/07/15 Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]To insert a clause requiring a minister introducing a bill to make a 'devolution statement' declaring the compatibility of the legislation with the principle of devolution to the local level. -66
1 13/07/15 Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]To insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to produce an annual report on devolution within England. -57
2014-2015

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2014-15 parliamentary session, in reverse order. The column on the right shows the number of votes the government was beaten by. To see details of a defeat, click the relevant line of the table and this will bring up a report showing the number of votes cast for and against, and lists of voters (in both cases broken down by party).

Government Defeats

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority 
11 25/02/15Modern Slavery BillTo insert a clause giving greater protection to overseas domestic workers, in particular allowing such workers to change employer. -7
10 5/02/15Deregulation BillTo ensure that any regulations made towards decriminalising TV licence-fee evasion shall not take effect before 1 April 2017. -3
9 9/12/14Criminal Justice and Courts BillTo insist on original defeat giving judges the power of discretion in relation to the financing of applications for judicial review. -18
8 9/12/14Criminal Justice and Courts BillTo insist on original defeat giving judges the discretion to hear judicial review applications where the interests of the applicant have not been harmed by government conduct, but with the requirement that such discretion be in the public interest.-69
7 9/12/14Criminal Justice and Courts BillTo insist on previous amendment to prevent any female, or male under the age of fifteen, being placed in a secure college. -64
6 19/11/14Consumer Rights BillTo insert a clause requiring secondary ticketing operators to be more transparent, including the provision of information concerning the name of the seller, the face value of the ticket, any age restrictions on the ticket, and details of the seat location. -12
5 27/10/14Criminal Justice and Courts BillTo give judges the discretion, in judicial review proceedings, over whether: 'to order an intervener to pay the costs of a relevant party to the proceedings', and 'to order a relevant party to the proceedings to pay the intervener's costs'. -33
4 27/10/14Criminal Justice and Courts BillTo give judges the discretion to hear judicial review applications in cases where the applicant has failed to provide the financial information required. -33
3 27/10/14Criminal Justice and Courts BillTo give judges the discretion to hear judicial review applications in cases where the interests of the applicant can be shown to have not been harmed by the government conduct in question. -66
2 22/10/14Criminal Justice and Courts BillTo prevent any female, or male under the age of fifteen, being placed in a secure college. -1
1 28/07/14 Motion regarding the Leader of the House of LordsTo regret the Prime Minister's decision to 'diminish the standing of the House' by not making the Leader of the House of Lords a full member of the cabinet and ask that he 'reconsiders this decision'. -148

Coalition Split Votes

Cases where the coalition partners whipped their parties to vote in opposite lobbies, and the division was therefore a defeat for one governing party and a victory for the other.

Coalition Split noDateBillSubject
    
2013-2014

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords since the start of the 2013-14 parliamentary session, in reverse order. The column on the right shows the number of votes the government was beaten by. To see details of a defeat, click the relevant line of the table and this will bring up a report showing the number of votes cast for and against, and lists of voters (in both cases broken down by party).

Government Defeats

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority 
14 7/04/14 Immigration BillTo insert a clause establishing a joint committee on the question of whether the Home Secretary should be able to remove an individual's citizenship, if obtained by naturalisation, for reasons of the public good, even if this meant they would be stateless. -62
13 7/04/14 Immigration BillTo insert a clause insuring that potential child victims of trafficking are appointed an independent guardian to look after their interests. -98
12 24/02/14 Pensions BillTo enable the regulations to allow an individual to aggregate their income from two or more jobs within a year, in order to qualify for a state pension. -5
11 29/01/14 Children and Families BillTo insert a clause enabling the Secretary of State to make it illegal for drivers to fail to prevent smoking in cars carrying children. -25
10 22/01/14 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing BillTo change the definition of a miscarriage of justice, for the purposes of compensation, to a situation in which a newly discovered fact would make a conviction impossible, rather than proving the innocence of the wrongly-convicted person. -23
9 21/01/14 Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration BillTo exclude all activity that doesn't directly target electors from the constituency spending limits imposed on third parties during election campaigns. -26
8 15/01/14 Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration BillTo exclude staffing costs from the financial restrictions placed on third parties (i.e. any organisation or individual that is not a political party or candidate) during election campaigns. -43
7 13/01/14Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration BillTo include the lobbying of special advisers within the regulations. -17
6 8/01/14 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing BillTo maintain the existing definition of anti-social behaviour and prevent it being widened to conduct that is 'capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any person'. -128
5 17/12/13 Children and Families BillTo clarify that 'involvement' of each parent in the child's life refers to involvement that specifically 'promotes the welfare of the child', and does not refer to 'any particular division of a child's time'.  -4
4 26/11/13 Financial Services (Banking Reform) BillTo insert a clause introducing a licensing system for senior bankers. -5
3 4/11/13 Energy BillTo ensure that the emissions limit duty applies to those fossil fuel plants that upgrade their systems to stay within the laws relating to pollution. -44
2 16/10/13 Care Bill [HL]To insert a clause that would ensure that all providers of care are understood to be carrying out a public function and therefore covered by the Human Rights Act 1998. -29
125/06/13Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL]To insert a clause to prevent any "alteration or reform" being made to the "structure" of the probation service unless the plans are approved by both houses of parliament.-29

Coalition Split Votes

Cases where the coalition partners whipped their parties to vote in opposite lobbies, and the division was therefore a defeat for one governing party and a victory for the other.

Coalition Split noDateBillSubject

2012-2013

This page lists all government defeats in the House of Lords in the 2012-13 parliamentary session, in reverse order. The column on the right shows the number of votes the government was beaten by. To see details of a defeat, click the relevant line of the table and this will bring up a report showing the number of votes cast for and against, and lists of voters (in both cases broken down by party).

Government Defeats

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority 
118/06/2012Financial Services BillTo commit the entire Bill to a committee of the whole House, rather than splitting it between the Chamber and Grand Committee.-4
2 22/10/2012Local Government Finance BillTo insert a clause requiring that an independent review of all council tax reduction schemes be implemented by the Secretary of State within three years of the Act coming into place. -38
3 21/11/12  Justice and Security Bill [HL]To enable judges and both parties, rather than the state only, to order a closed material procedure. -99
4 21/11/12 Justice and Security Bill [HL]To introduce judicial discretion rather than obligation in the ordering of closed material procedures where national security is considered to be involved. -105
5 21/11/12 Justice and Security Bill [HL]To require that the court be satisfied when ordering a closed material procedure that the harm to national security caused by disclosure of material outweighs the public interest in fair and open justice. -87
6 27/11/12 Crime and Courts Bill [HL]To remove a clause which empowers the Secretary of State, by order, to confer, remove or modify the National Crime Agency's counter-terrorism functions -21
7 3/12/12  Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2012To not approve an To not approve an Order on access to legal aid in welfare cases because it does not fulfil an earlier government commitment and would lead to many disabled claimants not receiving legal aid at first-tier tribunals (fatal motion). -10
8 12/12/2012 Crime and Courts Bill [HL]To insert a clause repealing the offence of use of insulting words that are likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. -96
9 18/12/12 Crime and Courts Bill [HL]To insert a clause making bailiffs and enforcement agents subject to the same regulation and legal status as other authorised bodies under the Legal Services Act 2007.-42
10 18/12/12 Crime and Courts Bill [HL]To require that probation trusts make appropriate provisions for female offenders, including unpaid work and behavioural change programmes.-28
11 05/02/13 Defamation BillTo insert a clause establishing a Defamation Recognition Commission.-131
12 05/02/13 Defamation BillTo insert a clause allowing profit-making organisations to sue for defamation only where they can prove that it has caused or is likely to cause substantial financial loss, and barring public bodies from taking any defamation action.-8
13 12/02/13 Public Service Pensions BillsTo include the Defence Fire and Rescue Service under the category of fire and rescue services generally, so that they are no longer subject to the separate Ministry of Defence retirement age and pension scheme -23
14 28/02/13 House of Lords: MembershipTo move to call on the government to use restraint in recommending new appointments to the House of Lords; to allow members to retire permanently; to exclude members who do not attend during a session; and to not allow members convicted of serious offences to attend sittings. -172
15 04/03/13 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform BillTo reinstate Section 3 of the Equalities Act 2006, which requires the EHRC to discharge its functions "with a view to encouraging and supporting the development of a society" which respects human rights and equal opportunities-51
16 04/03/13 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform BillTo insert a clause adding 'caste' to the list of characteristics covered by the term 'race' in the Equalities Act 2010-103
17 06/03/13 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform BillTo reinstate civil liability in breaches of duty of health and safety regulations -2
18 06/03/13 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform BillTo insert a clause to require that letting and block management agents belong to an ombudsman scheme -5
19 20/03/13 Growth and Infrastructure BillTo remove a clause which allows employees to become "employee shareholders" when they receive £2000 or more in shares, and requires that in so doing they forego certain rights, including redundancy payment and the right to claim unfair dismissal. -54
20 26/03/13Growth and Infrastructure BillTo insert a new clause to make orders for extension to planning permission made after 1 January 2013 subject to local authority approval.  -6
21 27/03/13 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2013To regret that the government is excluding even the limited provision of legal aid services for first tier tribunal cases, such a provision having been judged by the Lords' fatal motion of 3 December 2012 to be inadequate (non-fatal motion). -5
22 27/03/13 Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012To regret that the regulations fail to deliver sufficient access to legal aid for disabled people, and that "exempted person" is defined too narrowly (non-fatal motion). -15
23 27/03/13 Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012To regret that the regulations fail to deliver on a government promise to provide adequate legal aid services for domestic 
violence victims, many of whom will be unable to meet evidential criteria and will 
therefore risk injury or death (non-fatal motion).
 -17
24 22/04/13 Growth and Infrastructure BillTo insist on removal of a clause which allows employees to become "employee shareholders" when they receive £2000 or more in shares, and requires that in so doing they forego certain rights, including redundancy payment and the right to claim unfair dismissal.-69
25 22/04/13 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform BillTo insist on reinstatement of Section 3 of the Equalities Act 2006, which requires the EHRC to discharge its functions "with a view to encouraging and supporting the development of a society" which respects human rights and equal opportunities-30
26 22/04/13 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform BillTo insist on insertion of a clause adding 'caste' to the list of characteristics covered by the term 'race' in the Equalities Act 2010-13

Coalition Split Votes

Cases where the coalition partners whipped their parties to vote in opposite lobbies, and the division was therefore a defeat for one governing party and a victory for the other.

Coalition Split noDateBillSubject
114/01/13Electoral Registration and Administration BillTo insert a clause requiring the boundary commissions to submit their reports not before October 2018, rather than before October 2013

2010-2012

The UK government was defeated 48 times in the House of Lords during the parliamentary session of 2010-12. Below is an overview of these defeats, listed in chronological order. Click within the grid for more detail about a particular defeat.

Defeat no DateBillSubjectMajority
108.06.10Local Government Bill [HL] To move to refer the Bill to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills (to determine whether the Bill is hybrid)    -5
2 29.06.10House of Lords Reform  To call on the government to table motions before the summer recess to a) allow members to retire, b) abolish by-elections for hereditary peers, c) remove members convicted of serious criminal offences, d) create a statutory appointments commission -15
313.07.10Academies Bill [HL]To add spending on academy pupils with low-incidence special educational needs or disabilities to the list of planned expenditure for LEAs, and to allow the Secretary of State to intervene if local authorities fail to make satisfactory provision-22
417.11.10Identity Documents BillTo give ID cardholders the option to be reimbursed £30 on surrender of their card-32
523.11.10Public Bodies Bill [HL]Paving amendment to allow for a new clause which places restrictions on ministerial powers to abolish or modify public bodies by delegated legislation, including requirements to protect judicial independence and human rights-34
606.12.10Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies BillTo allow the referendum on the voting system to be held on any day before the 31 October 2011, rather than requiring it to be held on the 5 May 2011 -4
714.12.10Public Bodies Bill [HL]To remove the Chief Coroner from the list of offices and bodies scheduled for possible abolition-112
821.12.10Identity Documents Bill To adjourn consideration of a motion to not insist to give ID cardholders the option to be reimbursed £30 on surrender of their card -44
909.01.11Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies BillTo prevent the Isle of Wight having to share a constituency with the mainland, and to exempt it from the 5 per cent variation rule-74
1007.02.11 Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies BillTo make the result of the referendum on the voting system non-binding if less than 40 per cent of the electorate vote in it-1
1109.02.11 Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies BillTo allow the number of voters in new constituencies to deviate up to 7.5 per cent from the norm if necessary to address special geographical considerations or local ties of an "exceptionally compelling nature"-18
1216.02.11 Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies BillTo insist to make the result of the referendum on the voting system non-binding if less than 40 per cent of the electorate vote in it-62
1328.03.11Public Bodies Bill [HL]To remove the Youth Justice Commission for England and Wales from the list of bodies scheduled for possible abolition-63
14 28.03.11Public Bodies Bill [HL]To add the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council to the list of bodies scheduled for possible merger with other bodies (while leaving it on the list for possible abolition)-7
1510.05.11 Fixed-term Parliaments BillTo retain the provision which sets a date of 2015 for the next general election, but to require a resolution of both Houses of Parliament before the length of each subsequent parliament is set at five years-6
1611.05.11Police Reform and Social Responsibility BillTo remove the provision establishing police and crime commissioners for each police area outside London-12
1708.06.11European Union Bill

 

To require a turnout of 40 per cent in referendums on amending the Treaty on the European Union in order for it to be automatically ratified, otherwise to require approval by both Houses of Parliament

-12
1813.06.11European Union BillTo remove the requirement for a referendum to be held before certain powers could be transferred from the UK to the EU, leading to amendments requiring a referendum only on a single military force, bringing the UK into Schengen, or joining the euro-5
1915.06.11European Union BillTo clarify that applicable EU law is recognised as law in the UK specifically by virtue of the European Communities Act 1972, rather than more generally by any Act of Parliament-33
2015.06.11European Union BillTo introduce a "sunset clause" to make the requirement for a referendum to be held before certain powers can be transferred from the UK to the EU expire after the next general election, and to require parliamentary approval of any order to renew this-6
2118.07.11Fixed-term Parliaments BillTo insist on amendments which set a date of 2015 for the next general election, but which require a resolution of both Houses of Parliament before the length of each subsequent parliament is set at five years-32
2210.10.11 Armed Forces BillTo require the annual covenant report on the impact of membership of the armed forces on service people to cover the operation of inquests as well as the subjects of healthcare, housing and education-24
2310.10.11 Armed Forces BillTo insert a clause permitting current or former members of the armed forces to wear medals awarded by Commonwealth governments (including the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal) without restriction-14
2414.11.11Health and Social Care BillTo insert a clause requiring the Secretary of State to report to parliament on the VAT treatment of supplies by charities providing health care services for the NHS-12
2514.12.11Welfare Reform BillPaving amendment to prevent the government making regulations to impose the underoccupancy penalty on social housing tenants with no more than one spare bedroom-68
26 11.01.12Welfare Reform BillPaving amendment to include severely disabled young people who qualify for the support group in those entitled to contributory employment support for one year-44
27 11.01.12Welfare Reform BillTo replace the 12-month limit for contributory employment support claims by those in the work-related activity group with a prescribed period of at least two years-48
2811.01.12 Welfare Reform BillTo exempt from the 12-month limit on contributory employment support claims those receiving cancer treatment and those unable to work as a result of cancer diagnosis, and to grant those people support until they are able to work-56
29 23.01.12Welfare Reform BillTo exclude child benefit from the cap on welfare benefits which is enforced when a single person's or a couple's entitlements exceed the prescribed amount-15
3025.01.12 Welfare Reform BillTo ensure that where a parent with care has shown that a maintenance agreement is either impossible or inappropriate, they will not be liable to pay fees to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission for intervening.-142
3131.01.12Welfare Reform BillTo require that the lower rate of additional universal credit allowance for disabled children is no less than two-thirds of the higher rate.-16
32 06.02.12 Protection of Freedoms BillTo ensure that powers of entry into property are only exercised upon agreement with the premises occupier or where there is a warrant.-12
3308.02.12 Health and Social Care BillTo require that the Secretary of State's duty to promote the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness be defined as pertaining to both mental and physical illness.-4
3414.02.12Welfare Reform BillTo require that certain categories of tenant, including war widows, foster carers and the severely disabled, be exempt from the under-occupancy penalty on universal credit/housing benefit.-10
3505.03.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo require the Lord Chancellor to ensure that individuals have access to legal services that effectively meet their needs, subject to available resources.-45
3605.03.12Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo require the Lord Chancellor to ensure that victims of domestic violence have access to civil legal services, in accordance with the financial eligibility criteria laid out elsewhere in the Bill.-37
37 05.03.12Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo require the Lord Chancellor to ensure that the process for appointing the Director of Legal Aid Casework guarantees his or her independence.-17
3807.03.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo retain civil legal services for benefits claimants who wish to challenge cuts to their allowances at a first-tier tribunal.-39
3907.03.12Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo retain civil legal advice for benefits claimants who wish to challenge cuts to their allowances at a second-tier tribunal or higher court. -28
4007.03.12Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo retain civil legal services for covering the cost of expert reports into cases of clinical negligence.-6
4114.03.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo remove the provision for a mandatory legal aid telephone gateway, and to to require that the Lord Chancellor ensure that legal aid recipients may access a variety of forms of aid, including face-to-face talks.-28
4214.03.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo insert a clause exempting those making claims related to industrial respiratory diseases specifically from the obligation to use their damages to pay part of their legal fees.-31
4314.03.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo insert a clause exempting those making claims related to industrial diseases generally from the obligation to use their damages to pay part of their legal fees.-5
4427.03.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo ensure that legal aid continues to be available to children in all cases which are currently covered.-12
4527.03.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo provide legal aid for children in the event of clinical negligence.-13
46 23.04.12Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo insist on the requirement that the Lord Chancellor ensures that individuals have access to legal services that effectively meet their needs, subject to available resources.-15
4723.04.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo require that the types of evidence accepted for access to legal aid in domestic abuse cases be widened, and that the expiration period for submission of such evidence be extended.-3
48 23.04.12 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillTo insist on the clause exempting those making claims related to industrial respiratory diseases specifically from the obligation to use their damages to pay part of their legal fees.-9
2009-2010

The UK government was defeated 14 times in the House of Lords during the parliamentary session of 2009-10. Below is an overview of these defeats, listed in chronological order. Click within the grid for more detail about a particular defeat.

Defeat noDateBillSubjectMajority
107/12/2009

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009

 

To move to "note with concern" the Chairman of the Police Federation's criticisms of the order, which broadens the definition of a financial investigator for the Proceeds of Crime Act, and call upon the government to revoke the regulations-61
225/01/2010 Equality BillTo remove the proportionality test from the exception to discrimination law where employment is for the purposes of organised religion-38
325/01/2010Equality BillTo reject the government amendment clarifying that posts "for the purposes of an organised religion" include ministers of religion and posts that exist to promote, represent or explain the doctrines of the religion-21
425/01/2010Equality BillTo remove the definition of "for the purposes of  organised religion" as posts which involve leading or assisting in the observance of religious practices, or promoting or explaining the doctrine of the religion