Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 110: how MPs voted on 12 March 2025
Division 119, 12 March 2025, 18:12. The Commons Votes API gives 168 Ayes, 314 Noes: majority 146 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 110
Review into the impact on small businesses
“(1) The Secretary of State must, within three months of the passage of this Act, lay before Parliament a review on the impact of Part 4 (Trade Unions and Industrial Action, etc) of this Act on small and medium-sized enterprises.
(2) The review under subsection (1) must have regard to—
(a) administrative costs;
(b) legal costs; and
(c) tax changes affecting small and medium-sized enterprises taking effect from the 2025-26 financial year.
(3) For the purposes of this section, small and medium-sized enterprises are businesses employing 250 or fewer employees.”—(Daisy Cooper.)
This new clause would require the Secretary of State to publish a review on the impact of Part 4 of this Bill, on Trade Unions and Industrial Action, on SMEs within 3 months of the passage of this Act.
Brought up, and read the First time.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Conservative MPs cast 98 of the 168 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 305 of the 313 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 305 |
| Conservative | 98 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 60 | 0 |
| Independent | 3 | 5 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 3 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 3 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 168 | 313 |
Tellers: Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat, Guildford) and Charlie Maynard (Liberal Democrat, Witney) (Ayes); Anna Turley (Labour, Redcar) and Kate Dearden (Labour, Halifax) (Noes).
How each MP voted
481 named · CSV
Sources
- Bill: Employment Rights Act 2025
- Hansard: Employment Rights Bill
- Commons division 119
- Commons Votes API: division
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