Armed Forces Commissioner Act

How the Lords voted

2 formal votes in the House of Lords on this bill, newest first.

These are the occasions when peers formally divided and every vote was recorded. Most decisions in the Lords, including on many amendments, are agreed without a recorded vote, so they do not appear here.

• 11 June 2025Government defeated

  Baroness Goldie moved Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, to leave out from “3” to end and insert “, do disagree with the Commons in their Amendment 2A and do propose Amendments 2B and 2C in lieu of Amendment 2A, 2B Clause 1, page 1, line 15, at end insert, “(aa) to investigate concerns raised by a whistleblower in relation to the welfare of persons subject to service law and relevant family members, and” 2C Clause 4, page 5, line 12, at end insert, “340IC Commissioner’s functions in relation to whistleblowing (1) The Commissioner may investigate any concern raised by a whistleblower of which the Commissioner becomes aware (whether because the whistleblower has contacted the Commissioner or for any other reason) but only if the whistleblower informs the Commissioner, before the beginning of the investigation, that he or she consents to an investigation taking place. (2) The Commissioner must, when carrying out an investigation under this section, take all reasonable precautions to ensure the anonymity of the whistleblower. (3) For the purposes of this section and section 365AA a person (“P”) is a “whistleblower” if, (a) P is subject to service law or is a relevant family member, (b) P raises a concern about a person who is subject to service law, (c) the concern raised by P relates to general service welfare matters (as defined by section 340IA(2)), and (d) the concern raised by P does not relate to the conditions of service of persons subject to service law. (4) After carrying out an investigation of a concern raised by a whistleblower under this section, the Commissioner may prepare a report setting out the Commissioner’s findings. (5) A report under subsection (4) must not include information which identifies the whistleblower or enables them to be identified, except with their consent.””

  Peers' vote426 peers

  Content · 265Not content · 161

  Conservative 178 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 132 not content · Liberal Democrat 54 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 18 content, 26 not content · Non-affiliated 7 content, 2 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 4 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 2 content, 0 not content · Bishops 0 content, 1 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content

• 30 April 2025Government defeated

  Baroness Goldie moved amendment 3, in clause 1, page 1, line 15, at end to insert, “(aa) to investigate concerns raised by a whistleblower in relation to the welfare of persons subject to service law and relevant family members, and”

  Peers' vote402 peers

  Content · 245Not content · 157

  Conservative 161 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 147 not content · Liberal Democrat 53 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 18 content, 9 not content · Non-affiliated 6 content, 1 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Bishops 2 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content

Lords votes last updated 18 October 2026. Source: UK Parliament Lords Votes API.

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