Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106

Parliament voted on 17 June 2025 on New Clause 106 during the Report Stage of the Crime and Policing Bill. The clause was defeated by 379 votes to 117. The government opposed the amendment, and it fell by a substantial margin.

The Crime and Policing Bill is a wide-ranging piece of legislation covering police powers, criminal justice and public protection. New Clause 106 was one of many amendments tabled at Report Stage, the parliamentary stage at which the full House of Commons considers proposed changes to a bill already examined in committee. The Hansard record of the surrounding debate reveals that this particular session covered an exceptionally broad set of proposed additions to the Bill, ranging from the criminalisation of purchasing sex to e-bike regulation, knife design restrictions, tool theft offences, joint enterprise reform, sex-based harassment in public, firearms licensing inspections and equality impact assessments. New Clause 106 itself was one among dozens of new clauses considered in the same sitting.

The politics of the vote reflected the government's firm control over the legislative agenda. The Labour Party, which forms the government, voted overwhelmingly against the clause, with 267 Labour MPs and 28 Labour and Co-operative MPs in the No lobby. The Conservatives provided the largest bloc of Aye votes at 82, with Reform UK and the Democratic Unionist Party also voting in favour. Twelve Labour MPs voted against their party's position, as did four Liberal Democrats who broke with the majority of their group, which placed 60 members in the No lobby.