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"This Act and any Statutory Instrument made under this Act shall cease to have effect on the first anniversary of the day on which the Act is passed." Let us say that we get Royal Assent by 31 July , and the body gets going, with staff being transferred, on 1 January . Seven months later, it ceases to have effect. That is an extraordinary idea. I shall give way in a moment. I accept entirely that ...
1 July 2009
#12927
227
Ayes
286
Noes
59
Majority
FAIL
Result
Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAB Labour | 3 | 229 | 0 | 232 |
| CON Conservative | 119 | 1 | 0 | 120 |
| LD Liberal Democrat | 44 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| UNK Unknown | 16 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| IND Independent | 15 | 16 | 0 | 31 |
| SCO Scottish National Party | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| PC Plaid Cymru | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| THE The Independent Group for Change | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| REF Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DUP Democratic Unionist Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SPE Speaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |