Crime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439

On 22 April 2026, the House of Commons passed Division 504, a government motion to insist on its own amendments 439C and 439D to the Crime and Policing Bill and to reject Lords amendments 439E and 439F, which had been offered by the House of Lords in lieu. The motion passed by 253 votes to 143. The Lords amendments at stake would have compelled the Home Secretary to review whether groups linked to the Iranian armed forces, specifically the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), should be proscribed as terrorist organisations. The Commons voted to reject that requirement, with the government arguing that no responsible administration should be required by Parliament to give a running commentary on proscription decisions, which it said are matters of national security judgment. The vote means no statutory obligation to conduct such a review will be placed on the Home Secretary. The division followed strict party lines. All 251 Labour and Labour and Co-operative Party MPs who voted supported the government motion. All 85 Conservatives and all 53 Liberal Democrats who voted opposed it, as did four Green MPs and one DUP MP. The Liberal Democrats indicated they would not press a separate vote on fixed penalty notice provisions related to anti-social behaviour, having received a concession on the timeline for statutory guidance. This was the third occasion in quick succession on which the Commons had rejected Lords attempts to amend the Bill, with the government invoking the authority of the elected chamber to overrule the upper house.