Government Defeats in the House of Lords 2016–2017

This page lists Government Defeats in the House of Lords in the 2016–2017 parliamentary session.

The UK government was defeated 38 times in the House of Lords during the parliamentary session of 2016-17. Below is an overview of these defeats, listed in chronological order. Clicking on a link will open a PDF that has more information about the defeat.

Defeat no	Date	Bill	Subject	Majority
38	05/04/2017	Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2016 and the Higher Education (Higher Amount) (England) Regulations 2016	To 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	05/04/2017	Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 2017	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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) Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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) Bill	To 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	28/02/2017	Neighbourhood Planning Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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) Bill	To 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	09/01/2017	Higher Education and Research Bill	To 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 Bill	Paving 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 Bill	To increase the maximum sentence for stalking offences from 5 to 10 years.	-11
11	07/12/2016	Policing and Crime Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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 Bill	To 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	24/10/2016	Bus 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	12/10/2016	Bus 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	12/10/2016	Bus 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 Bill	Paving 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

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