HowMPsvotedonmovetochangeOfficialSecretsActoverCSA

ConservativesandLiberalDemocratsdefeatedOSAimmunityforabusewhistleblowers
ByAlexVarleyWinterandMarkConrad|21March2015|1Relatedpiece
MPslargelydividedalonggovernmentoppositionlinesoveravotetoensurethattheOfficial
SecretsActdoesnotcoverhistoricalallegationsofchildsexabuse.
TheresaMay,homesecretary,hasrepeatedlygivenassurancesthattheactshouldnotstop
anyonefromgivingevidencetotheoverarchinginquiryintochildsexabuse(CSA).However,
asExaroreportstoday,thegovernmentdefeatedaproposedamendmenttotheOfficial
SecretsAct(OSA).
JohnMann,LabourMP,movedtheamendmenttoinsertthefollowingclauseintheOSA:It
isadefenceforapersonchargedwithanoffenceunderanyprovisionofthisActtoprove
thatheknew,orhadreasonablecausetobelieve,thattheinformation,documentorarticle
disclosedwasa)germanetoanofficialinvestigationof,orinquiryinto,historicchildabuse,
andb)providedonlytoanofficerofsuchaninvestigationorinquiry.
ItwouldnothaveunderminedtheOfficialSecretsAct
JohnMann,LabourMP
ManntoldExaro:ItwouldnothaveunderminedtheOfficialSecretsAct.
Theamendmentwasinforquiteaperiodoftime.IamawarethatZacGoldsmith,a
ConservativeMPwhobackedtheproposal,raisedit.Itwasnotalastminutething,andwas
notsomethingthatMPsdidnothavetimetoconsider.
ThedisclosureofthegovernmentsblockageofamendingtheOSAcomesasExaroalso
revealshowtheIndependentPoliceComplaintsCommissionsinvestigationintoallegations
ofcoverupsbythepolicegoesfarwiderthanSirCyrilSmith,theformerLiberalMPwho
diedin2010.ThisisthefulllistofhowMPsvotedonMannsproposedamendmenttothe
OSA,brokendownbyparty.
AYES:233
Conservative:8
JohnBaron
GutoBebb
PeterBone
SirPeterBottomley
ZacGoldsmith
1

PhilipHollobone
JeremyLefroy
CharlotteLeslie
LiberalDemocrats:3
DuncanHames
JohnHemming
TessaMunt
Labour:207
DianeAbbott
DebbieAbrahams
BobAinsworth
RushanaraAli
GrahamAllen
DavidAnderson
JonathanAshworth
AdrianBailey
WilliamBain
EdBalls
KevinBarron
SirHughBayley
MargaretBeckett
HilaryBenn
LucianaBerger
CliveBetts
HazelBlears
TomBlenkinsop
PaulBlomfield
DavidBlunkett
BenBradshaw
KevinBrennan
NicholasBrown
RussellBrown
ChrisBryant
KarenBuck
AndyBurnham
LiamByrne
AlanCampbell
RonnieCampbell
MartinCaton
JennyChapman
VernonCoaker
2

AnnCoffey
MichaelConnarty
RosieCooper
YvetteCooper
JeremyCorbyn
DavidCrausby
MaryCreagh
StellaCreasy
JonCruddas
JohnCryer
AlexCunningham
JimCunningham
SirTonyCunningham
NicDakin
SimonDanczuk
AlistairDarling
WayneDavid
IanDavidson
GeraintDavies
GloriaDePiero
ThomasDocherty
BrianDonohoe
FrankDoran
JimDowd
GemmaDoyle
JackDromey
MichaelDugher
AngelaEagle
MariaEagle
CliveEfford
JulieElliott
LouiseEllman
ChrisEvans
JimFitzpatrick
RobertFlello
CarolineFlint
PaulFlynn
YvonneFovargue
HywelFrancis
MikeGapes
BarryGardiner
PatGlass
MaryGlindon
3

HelenGoodman
TomGreatrex
KateGreen
LillianGreenwood
NiaGriffith
AndrewGwynne
PeterHain
DavidHamilton
FabianHamilton
DavidHanson
HarrietHarman
TomHarris
DaiHavard
JohnHealey
DavidHeyes
MegHillier
JulieHilling
MargaretHodge
SharonHodgson
KateHoey
JimHood
KelvinHopkins
GeorgeHowarth
TristramHunt
HuwIrrancaDavies
GlendaJackson
SianJames
DanJarvis
AlanJohnson
DianaJohnson
GrahamJones
KevanJones
SusanElanJones
DameTessaJowell
MikeKane
SirGeraldKaufman
LizKendall
SadiqKhan
IanLavery
MarkLazarowicz
ChrisLeslie
EmmaLewellBuck
IvanLewis
4

AndrewLove
IanLucas
FionaMactaggart
KhalidMahmood
SeemaMalhotra
JohnMann
GordonMarsden
SteveMcCabe
MichaelMcCann
KerryMcCarthy
SiobhainMcDonagh
AndyMcDonald
JohnMcDonnell
PatMcFadden
AlisonMcGovern
DameAnneMcGuire
LizMcInnes
AnnMcKechin
IainMcKenzie
SirAlanMeale
IanMearns
EdwardMiliband
AndrewMiller
AustinMitchell
MadeleineMoon
JessicaMorden
GraemeMorrice
GrahameM.Morris
GeorgeMudie
MegMunn
PaulMurphy
LisaNandy
PamelaNash
FionaO'Donnell
ChiOnwurah
SandraOsborne
AlbertOwen
TeresaPearce
TobyPerkins
BridgetPhillipson
StephenPound
LucyPowell
YasminQureshi
5

SteveReed
EmmaReynolds
JohnRobertson
MrGeoffreyRobinson
SteveRotheram
MrFrankRoy
DameJoanRuddock
AnasSarwar
AndySawford
AlisonSeabeck
VirendraSharma
BarrySheerman
GavinShuker
DennisSkinner
AndySlaughter
AndrewSmith
AngelaSmith
NickSmith
OwenSmith
JohnSpellar
GrahamStringer
GiselaStuart
GerrySutcliffe
MarkTami
EmilyThornberry
StephenTimms
JonTrickett
KarlTurner
DerekTwigg
StephenTwigg
ChukaUmunna
ValerieVaz
JoanWalley
TomWatson
DaveWatts
AlanWhitehead
ChrisWilliamson
PhilWilson
DavidWinnick
RosieWinterton
MikeWood
JohnWoodcock
ShaunWoodward
6

DavidWright
IainWright
Green:1
CarolineLucas
DemocraticUnionist:4
JeffreyDonaldson
WilliamMcCrea
JimShannon
SammyWilson
SocialDemocraticandLabourParty:2
MarkDurkan
MargaretRitchie
PlaidCymru:2
JonathanEdwards
ElfynLlwyd
ScottishNationalParty:4
AngusMacNeil
AngusRobertson
MikeWeir
EdithWhiteford
UKIndependenceParty:2
DouglasCarswell
MarkReckless
NOES:295
Conservative:254
NigelAdams
AdamAfriyie
PeterAldous
SirDavidAmess
StuartAndrew
JamesArbuthnot
RichardBacon
SteveBaker
SirTonyBaldry
HarriettBaldwin
7

StephenBarclay
GregoryBarker
GavinBarwell
HenryBellingham
RichardBenyon
SirPaulBeresford
JakeBerry
AndrewBingham
BobBlackman
NicolaBlackwood
CrispinBlunt
NickBoles
KarenBradley
GrahamBrady
JulianBrazier
AndrewBridgen
SteveBrine
JamesBrokenshire
FionaBruce
RobertBuckland
AidanBurley
ConorBurns
SimonBurns
DavidBurrowes
AlistairBurt
DanByles
AlunCairns
NeilCarmichael
SirWilliamCash
RehmanChishti
ChristopherChope
GregClark
GeoffreyCliftonBrown
ThereseCoffey
DamianCollins
OliverColvile
GeoffreyCox
StephenCrabb
TraceyCrouch
DavidT.C.Davies
GlynDavies
NickdeBois
CarolineDinenage
8

NadineDorries
JackieDoylePrice
RichardDrax
SirAlanDuncan
IainDuncanSmith
PhilipDunne
MichaelEllis
JaneEllison
TobiasEllwood
CharlieElphicke
GeorgeEustice
GrahamEvans
JonathanEvans
NigelEvans
DavidEvennett
MichaelFabricant
MichaelFallon
MarkField
LiamFox
MrMarkFrancois
MikeFreer
RichardFuller
SirRogerGale
SirEdwardGarnier
MarkGarnier
MrDavidGauke
MrNickGibb
CherylGillan
JohnGlen
RobertGoodwill
RichardGraham
HelenGrant
JamesGray
DamianGreen
JustineGreening
DominicGrieve
BenGummer
SamGyimah
RobertHalfon
StephenHammond
MatthewHancock
GregHands
MarkHarper
9

RichardHarrington
RebeccaHarris
SimonHart
SirAlanHaselhurst
JohnHayes
SirOliverHeald
ChrisHeatonHarris
GordonHenderson
CharlesHendry
NickHerbert
DamianHinds
MarkHoban
GeorgeHollingbery
SirGeraldHowarth
JohnHowell
JeremyHunt
NickHurd
StewartJackson
MargotJames
SajidJavid
BernardJenkin
RobertJenrick
GarethJohnson
JosephJohnson
AndrewJones
DavidJones
MarcusJones
ChrisKelly
SimonKirby
SirGregKnight
KwasiKwarteng
MarkLancaster
PaulineLatham
AndreaLeadsom
JessicaLee
PhillipLee
OliverLetwin
BrandonLewis
JulianLewis
IanLiddellGrainger
DavidLidington
PeterLilley
JackLopresti
10

TimLoughton
SirPeterLuff
KarenLumley
TheresaMay
JasonMcCartney
KarlMcCartney
AnneMcIntosh
PatrickMcLoughlin
StephenMcPartland
MarkMenzies
StephenMetcalfe
MariaMiller
NigelMills
AnneMilton
AndrewMitchell
PennyMordaunt
NickyMorgan
AnneMarieMorris
DavidMorris
JamesMorris
StephenMosley
DavidMowat
DavidMundell
SheryllMurray
AndrewMurrison
RobertNeill
BrooksNewmark
SarahNewton
CarolineNokes
JesseNorman
DavidNuttall
StephenO'Brien
MatthewOfford
EricOllerenshaw
GuyOpperman
SirRichardOttaway
SirJamesPaice
NeilParish
PritiPatel
MarkPawsey
MikePenning
JohnPenrose
AndrewPercy
11

ClairePerry
StephenPhillips
EricPickles
ChristopherPincher
DanielPoulter
MarkPrisk
MarkPritchard
DominicRaab
SirJohnRandall
JohnRedwood
JacobReesMogg
SimonReevell
AndrewRobathan
SirHughRobertson
AndrewRosindell
AmberRudd
DavidRuffley
DavidRutley
LauraSandys
LeeScott
AndrewSelous
GrantShapps
AlokSharma
AlecShelbrooke
MarkSimmonds
KeithSimpson
ChrisSkidmore
ChloeSmith
HenrySmith
JulianSmith
SirNicholasSoames
AnnaSoubry
CarolineSpelman
AndrewStephenson
BobStewart
IainStewart
RoryStewart
GaryStreeter
MelStride
GrahamStuart
JulianSturdy
DesmondSwayne
HugoSwire
12

RobertSyms
EdwardTimpson
JustinTomlinson
DavidTredinnick
AndrewTurner
AndrewTyrie
PaulUppal
EdwardVaizey
ShaileshVara
MartinVickers
TheresaVilliers
CharlesWalker
RobinWalker
DameAngelaWatkinson
MikeWeatherley
JamesWharton
HeatherWheeler
ChrisWhite
CraigWhittaker
JohnWhittingdale
BillWiggin
DavidWilletts
GavinWilliamson
RobWilson
SarahWollaston
JeremyWright
TimYeo
SirGeorgeYoung
NadhimZahawi
LiberalDemocrats:40
NormanBaker
SirAlanBeith
GordonBirtwistle
AnnetteBrooke
JeremyBrowne
SirMalcolmBruce
LorelyBurt
AlistairCarmichael
MikeCrockart
MrEdwardDavey
LynneFeatherstone
DonFoster
13

AndrewGeorge
StephenGilbert
SirNickHarvey
MartinHorwood
SimonHughes
JulianHuppert
CharlesKennedy
DavidLaws
JohnLeech
StephenLloyd
MichaelMoore
GregMulholland
JohnPugh
AlanReid
DanRogerson
SirBobRussell
AdrianSanders
SirRobertSmith
SirAndrewStunell
IanSwales
JoSwinson
JohnThurso
DavidWard
SteveWebb
MarkWilliams
StephenWilliams
JennyWillott
SimonWright
Independent:1
MikeHancock

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