Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 30: how MPs voted on 11 March 2025
Division 115, 11 March 2025, 19:51. The Commons Votes API gives 189 Ayes, 324 Noes: majority 135 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 30
Special constables: right to time off for public duties
“(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended is follows.
(2) In section 50 (Right to time off for public duties), after subsection (1) insert—
‘(1A) An employer shall permit an employee who is a special constable, appointed in accordance with section 27 of the Police Act 1996, section 9 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 or section 25 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, to take time off during the employee’s working hours for the purpose of performing their duties.
(1B) In section (1A), “duties” means any activity under the direction of a chief officer of police.’”—(Sir Ashley Fox.)
This new clause gives employees who are special constables the right to time off to carry out their police duties.
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 97 of the 189 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 318 of the 324 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 318 |
| Conservative | 97 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 64 | 0 |
| Independent | 6 | 6 |
| Scottish National Party | 9 | 0 |
| Green Party | 4 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 189 | 324 |
Tellers: Paul Holmes (Conservative, Hamble Valley) and Jerome Mayhew (Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham) (Ayes); Gen Kitchen (Labour, Wellingborough and Rushden) and Taiwo Owatemi (Labour, Coventry North West) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Employment Rights Act 2025
- Hansard: Employment Rights Bill
- Commons division 115
- Commons Votes API: division
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