Government Defeats in the House of Lords, 2017–2019
This page lists Government Defeats in the House of Lords in the 2017–2019 parliamentary session.
The UK government was defeated 62 times in the House of Lords during the parliamentary session of 2017-19. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 22/07/2019 | Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill | To disagree with Commons amendment that, if Parliament stood prorogued or adjourned when a report on Northern Ireland is expected, a proclamation under the Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 would have to be made requiring meeting within the five day period and for the following five days. | -114 | 201719-defeat62.pdf |
| 61 | 17/07/2019 | Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill | To require the Secretary of State to lay before each House reports on the progress with forming an executive in Northern Ireland on 9 September, 21 October, and every 14 calendar days thereafter until 18 December 2019, and to table motions in both Houses for the reports to be debated within five calendar days. | -103 | 201719-defeat61.pdf |
| 60 | 03/07/2019 | Brexit: Appointment of Joint Committee | To move that a joint committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to report on the costs and implications for the UK of exiting the EU without a withdrawal agreement on 31 October 2019, and that the committee should report by 30 September 2019. | -146 | 201719-defeat60.pdf |
| 59 | 27/06/2019 | Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019) | To regret that the government has not explained how the net-zero carbon emissions target will be met by 2050, and has not introduced regulations to include greenhouse gases from international aviation or shipping as part of the target (non-fatal motion). | -39 | 201719-defeat59.pdf |
| 58 | 24/06/2019 | Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL] | To require the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice for any changes to the Online Procedure Rules that the minister proposes to the new Online Procedure Rules Committee created by the bill. | -44 | 201719-defeat58.pdf |
| 57 | 19/06/2019 | Children’s Homes etc. Inspection Fees, Childcare Fees, Adoption and Children Act Register (Amendment) Regulations 2019 | To regret that the regulations revoke the duty on adoption agencies to provide information on approved adoptions and prospective adopters, and allowed the adoption register for England to lapse without providing options for mitigating risks. (non-fatal motion) | -85 | 201719-defeat57.pdf |
| 56 | 20/05/2019 | Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2019 | To regret that the Order specifies that spent convictions and cautions will be disclosed to all future public inquiries, and to call on the government to respect protections afforded to offenders under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (non-fatal motion). | -47 | 201719-defeat56.pdf |
| 55 | 26/03/2019 | REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 | To regret that the draft regulations fail to fulfil the Prime Minister’s intention to maintain the UK’s participation in the European Chemicals Agency, and to call on the government to make participation in the ECA an objective in negotiations with the EU (non-fatal motion). | -12 | 201719-defeat55.pdf |
| 54 | 19/03/2019 | Offensive Weapons Bill | To allow the government to create a trusted couriers scheme, by creating a new category of trusted couriers who are exempted from restrictions in the bill regarding delivery of bladed products to residential premises. | -21 | 201719-defeat54.pdf |
| 53 | 13/03/2019 | Trade Bill | To insert a clause conditioning the commencement of the bill on the House of Commons having approved either a resolution regarding a withdrawal agreement with the EU, or a motion approving exiting the EU without a withdrawal agreement. | -39 | 201719-defeat53.pdf |
| 52 | 13/03/2019 | Trade Bill | To insert a clause requiring that a trade agreement with the EU should include a mobility framework that enables UK and EU citizens to exercise the same reciprocal rights to work, live and study for the purpose of the provision of trade in goods or services. | -67 | 201719-defeat52.pdf |
| 51 | 13/03/2019 | Trade Bill | To insert a clause requiring that a trade agreement with the EU should not create customs arrangements between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland that include physical infrastructure related to, or a requirement for, customs checks or controls related to trade. | -101 | 201719-defeat51.pdf |
| 50 | 12/03/2019 | Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill | To restrict the scope of regulations that can be made under the bill to the specific list of purposes listed in the bill, rather than leaving the list open, as the bill currently allows. | -38 | 201719-defeat50.pdf |
| 49 | 12/03/2019 | Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill | To limit the scope of the bill, allowing the Secretary of State to only make reciprocal healthcare payment arrangements with countries in the EU and the European Economic Area, and not with countries in the rest of the world. | -36 | 201719-defeat49.pdf |
| 48 | 06/03/2019 | Trade Bill | To insert a clause requiring the government to take all necessary steps to implement an international trade agreement which enables the UK to participate in a customs union with the European Union after exit day | -66 | 201719-defeat48.pdf |
| 47 | 06/03/2019 | Trade Bill | To insert a clause setting out the role of parliament and of the devolved administrations in free trade negotiations, requiring approval by both houses for negotiating mandates, and specifying that trade agreements must be approved by resolution of both houses before ratification. | -47 | 201719-defeat47.pdf |
| 46 | 26/02/2019 | Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill | To require responsible bodies, such as hospitals, to keep a record of decisions not to provide a copy of the authorisation of care to the cared-for person, and to require that reviews should be undertaken in cases where the copy was not provided within 72 hours. | -14 | 201719-defeat46.pdf |
| 45 | 26/02/2019 | Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill | To disagree with Commons amendment outlining the conditions under which a person is not considered to be deprived of liberty, and instead to propose a definition of deprivation of liberty in relation to confinement without valid consent. | -9 | 201719-defeat45.pdf |
| 44 | 13/02/2019 | European Union Withdrawal | To call again on the government to ensure that the UK does not leave the EU without a deal, and that the House of Commons can vote, and the House of Lords can take note of, the withdrawal agreement before the end of February 2019. | -86 | 201719-defeat44.pdf |
| 43 | 28/01/2019 | Brexit: Parliamentary approval of the outcome of negotiations with the European Union | To call on the government to ensure that the UK does not leave the EU without a deal, and that sufficient time is provided for the House of Lords to consider legislation necessary to implement any deal that is supported by the House of Commons. | -152 | 201719-defeat43.pdf |
| 42 | 21/01/2019 | Trade Bill (motion) | To move, as an amendment to the motion that the house resolves into committee, to require the government to present to both houses proposals for a process for the UK to make international agreements, including roles for parliament and the devolved legislatures and administrations, before the bill can move to report stage. | -35 | 201719-defeat42.pdf |
| 41 | 14/01/2019 | Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration | To urge that a ‘no deal’ Brexit should be rejected, and to express regret that withdrawal from the EU on the terms of the government’s deal would damage the future economic prosperity, internal security and and global influence of the UK. | -167 | 201719-defeat41.pdf |
| 40 | 18/12/2018 | Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018 | To regret that the order introduces a probate fee described by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee as a stealth tax, and that it contravenes the principle that fees for a public service should only recover the cost of provision (non-fatal). | -25 | 201719-defeat40.pdf |
| 39 | 17/12/2018 | Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill | To require the Secretary of State to commission within 6 months an independent report on the government strategy for supporting people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism, to lay the report before both Houses, and to respond to its recommendations. | -18 | 201719-defeat39.pdf |
| 38 | 10/12/2018 | Arrangement of Business: Motion to adjourn during pleasure until 5:30pm | To move to adjourn the debate on the EU Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration for the Prime Minister’s Statement in the House of Commons. | -36 | 201719-defeat38.pdf |
| 37 | 03/12/2018 | Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill | To insert a clause specifying conditions, such as humanitarian aid or journalistic work, under which persons who enter an overseas area designated by the bill as linked to terrorist activity are not committing an offence under the bill. | -29 | 201719-defeat37.pdf |
| 36 | 27/11/2018 | Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] | To specify requirements for the cared-for person to be informed of their rights prior to the authorisation of care arrangements that imply deprivation of liberty, to have access to advocacy services and to be able to request an assessment of arrangements. | -84 | 201719-defeat36.pdf |
| 35 | 21/11/2018 | Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] | To specify that care and treatment arrangements which imply deprivation of liberty should be necessary to prevent harm to the cared-for person, rather than just necessary and proportionate, as currently defined in the bill. | -13 | 201719-defeat35.pdf |
| 34 | 22/10/2018 | Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] | To specify that, in any overseas exchange of electronic data under the bill, assurances must be obtained that the death penalty will not be applied in respect of any offence in which data provided from the UK contributed to securing the conviction. | -22 | 201719-defeat34.pdf |
| 33 | 27/06/2018 | Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | To 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) Bill | Paving 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) Bill | Paving 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 | 17/04/2018 | Haulage 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 2018 | To 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 Bill | Paving 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 | 20/03/2018 | Nuclear Safeguards Bill | To 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 | 24/10/2017 | Financial 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 2017 | To 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 2017 | To 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 |