Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311

On 14 April 2026, the House of Commons voted to reject Lords Amendment 311 to the Crime and Policing Bill. The motion to disagree with that amendment passed by 300 votes to 101. The government, which opposed the Lords change, won the division comfortably, meaning that specific amendment will not form part of the Bill unless the Lords insist on it through the parliamentary ping-pong process. Lords Amendment 311 related to provisions connected to violence against women and girls and online harms, areas where the Crime and Policing Bill has attracted significant legislative attention. By voting to reject the Lords version, the Commons backed the government's stated preference to address the underlying issue through its own alternative approach rather than through the text the Lords had inserted. The practical effect is that the Lords' specific formulation is removed, and the government retains control over how this policy area is shaped in the final text of the Bill. The vote divided largely along party lines. All 287 Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted backed the government, as did the four Green MPs and three Plaid Cymru members. Opposition came primarily from the Conservatives, with 91 of their MPs voting No, joined by the DUP (5), Reform UK (3), and the Ulster Unionist and Traditional Unionist Voice representatives. The division sits within a broader and contested parliamentary passage of the Crime and Policing Bill, with multiple Lords amendments being disputed in the same period. Critics voting No argued the Lords amendment represented proper parliamentary scrutiny of an important issue, while the government maintained its own approach was the appropriate vehicle.