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Accepting the amendment would cost about £700 million, which is no mean matter. That would restrict the Government's ability to take further action on, for instance, child poverty and lifting pensioners out of tax, as proposed in the personal tax package announced in the 2007 Budget. The hon. Member for Gosport (Peter Viggers) described this as a mean little Bill—I paraphrase his comments—and spok...
31 January 2008
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150
Ayes
262
Noes
112
Majority
FAIL
Result
Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAB Labour | 2 | 214 | 0 | 216 |
| CON Conservative | 89 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| UNK Unknown | 15 | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| IND Independent | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| LD Liberal Democrat | 19 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| THE The Independent Group for Change | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| SPE Speaker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| REF Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PC Plaid Cymru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SCO Scottish National Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |