Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11

**What happened:** On 14 April 2026, the House of Commons voted 291 to 174 to reject Lords Amendment 11 to the Crime and Policing Bill. The Government moved to "disagree" with the amendment, meaning the Commons overturned a change that the House of Lords had inserted into the Bill. This is part of the parliamentary process known as "ping-pong," where a Bill passes back and forth between the two chambers until both agree on its final text. **Why it matters:** By rejecting Lords Amendment 11, the Government succeeded in removing whatever change the Lords had made on this point from the Bill's text. The Crime and Policing Bill is a major piece of legislation dealing with law enforcement powers and criminal justice, so amendments to it can have significant practical consequences for policing practice, civil liberties, or the rights of suspects and victims. The vote confirms the Government's preferred version of the Bill on this particular provision will proceed unless the Lords choose to insist on their amendment in subsequent exchanges. **The politics:** The vote divided almost entirely along party lines. Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs backed the Government unanimously, providing 288 of the 291 Ayes. The opposition united in the No lobby, with Conservatives (91), Liberal Democrats (61), the DUP (5), Greens (4), Plaid Cymru (3), Reform UK (3), and the Traditional Unionist Voice (1) all voting to keep the Lords amendment. Two independents voted with the Government while five opposed it. The vote sits within a broader ping-pong sequence: a further round of votes took place on 20 April 2026, suggesting the Lords did not immediately accept the Commons' position, and disagreements on several other amendments to the same Bill were also contested around the same period.