Lord Dobbs – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House of Lords

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Dobbs on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Leader of the House, further to her Written Answer on 16 November 2015 (HL3174), what percentage of House of Lords divisions resulted in Government defeats in (1) the 1997–2001 Parliament, and (2) the current Parliament.

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

The rate of defeats in the present Parliament is more than twice that of the 1997-2001 Parliament: the Government were defeated in 22% of divisions in that Parliament, compared to 49% in the present one (up to Thursday 21 April). These figures are based on statistics compiled by the Journal Office.