Votes · October 2026 · Northern Ireland Troubles Bill · Amendment

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12: how MPs voted on 20 October 2026

Division 99, 20 October 2026, 18:16. The Commons Votes API gives 184 Ayes, 330 Noes: majority 146 for the Noes.

The question

New Clause 12

Duty to promote reconciliation

“(1) The Secretary of State must publish a strategy for the promotion of reconciliation in Northern Ireland arising from and in connection with the implementation of this Act.

(2) The strategy must set out how the Secretary of State intends to—

(a) support the transition from the legacy of the Troubles to a stable and shared future;

(b) foster constructive relationships between different communities in Northern Ireland; and

(c) acknowledge the suffering of victims and survivors.

(3) In preparing the strategy, the Secretary of State must consult—

(a) the Legacy Commission;

(b) the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of the House of Commons;

(c) the Victims and Survivors Advisory Group; and

(d) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(4) The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the strategy before both Houses of Parliament within six months of the Act coming into force.

(5) In this section, references to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee shall, if the name of the Committee is changed, be taken to be references to the Committee by whatever name it is for the time called.”—(Mr Kohler.)

This new clause places a statutory duty on the Secretary of State to produce and publish a strategy for promoting reconciliation in Northern Ireland in connection with the implementation of the Act.

Brought up.

Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Conservative MPs cast 107 of the 184 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 326 of the 329 named No votes.

Tellers: Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat, Carshalton and Wallington) and Mr Will Forster (Liberal Democrat, Woking) (Ayes); Harpreet Uppal (Labour, Huddersfield) and Shaun Davies (Labour, Telford) (Noes).

How each MP voted

513 named · CSV

Sources

• Bill: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
• Hansard: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
• Commons division 99
• Commons Votes API: division 2fb02f873eea1ba8 23 October 2026
• Hansard API: division search daa9e0d38a43f46d 23 October 2026
• Hansard API: debate c3296dbc76ea9d31 23 October 2026

SHA-256 of each copy read. Open Parliament Licence v3.0

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