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National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
MPs held 4 related Commons votes during Committee consideration of the National Security (State Threats) Bill. These divisions concerned specific motions or amendments linked to the same Bill or subject.
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Amendment 3 was moved in Committee on the National Security (State Threats) Bill. It would have required the Secretary of State, within 30 days of designating a body, to review whether further action is needed against that body and persons connected to it, and to lay a statement of the outcome before Parliament.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 85 Ayes and 317 Noes.
Amendment 3 was moved in Committee on the National Security (State Threats) Bill. It would have required the Secretary of State, within 30 days of designating a body, to review whether further action is needed against that body and persons connected to it, and to lay a statement of the outcome before Parliament.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 85 Ayes and 317 Noes.
The chart above shows how the recorded Ayes and Noes were split across parties.
Amendment 8 proposed changing the Bill so it would catch conduct where planning happens in the UK, even if the actions take place overseas. The debate material explains this was intended to address a perceived gap around prosecuting activity planned from within the UK but perpetrated abroad.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 143 Ayes and 249 Noes.
Amendment 8 proposed changing the Bill so it would catch conduct where planning happens in the UK, even if the actions take place overseas. The debate material explains this was intended to address a perceived gap around prosecuting activity planned from within the UK but perpetrated abroad.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 143 Ayes and 249 Noes.
The chart above shows how the recorded Ayes and Noes were split across parties.
Amendment 13 proposed adding new provisions creating offences covering (1) engaging in conduct in preparation for committing or assisting offences relating to a designated body, and (2) self-directed acts inspired by the ideology, actions and self-promotion of a designated body, where the conduct is prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK. The amendment was negatived.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 135 Ayes and 258 Noes.
Amendment 13 proposed adding new provisions creating offences covering (1) engaging in conduct in preparation for committing or assisting offences relating to a designated body, and (2) self-directed acts inspired by the ideology, actions and self-promotion of a designated body, where the conduct is prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK. The amendment was negatived.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 135 Ayes and 258 Noes.
The chart above shows how the recorded Ayes and Noes were split across parties.
New Clause 3, titled “Designation of the IRGC”, would require the Secretary of State to take reasonable steps to lay regulations designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a body involved in foreign power threat activity, with the regulations to be laid within a month of the Act coming into force. MPs voted on the proposal in the Bill's Committee stage and the new clause was negatived.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 144 Ayes and 244 Noes.
New Clause 3, titled “Designation of the IRGC”, would require the Secretary of State to take reasonable steps to lay regulations designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a body involved in foreign power threat activity, with the regulations to be laid within a month of the Act coming into force. MPs voted on the proposal in the Bill's Committee stage and the new clause was negatived.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 144 Ayes and 244 Noes.
The chart above shows how the recorded Ayes and Noes were split across parties.
What happened
Amendment 3 was moved in Committee on the National Security (State Threats) Bill. It would have required the Secretary of State, within 30 days of designating a body, to review whether further action is needed against that body and persons connected to it, and to lay a statement of the outcome before Parliament.
The latest division was recorded as motion negatived with 85 Ayes and 317 Noes.
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