Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 11B

**What happened:** On 20 April 2026, the House of Commons voted 294 to 156 to insist on the government's position regarding Lords Amendment 11 to the Crime and Policing Bill, while proposing a series of alternative amendments in lieu of the Lords' version. This was one of several divisions on the same evening as the Bill neared the end of its ping-pong stage, the back-and-forth process by which the two Houses resolve their differences. The government motion rejected the specific text of Lords Amendment 11 but offered substitute provisions intended to address the concerns behind it. **Why it matters:** Lords Amendment 11 concerned police powers to seize and crush vehicles used in fly-tipping offences. The government's position was that existing powers are adequate and that the Bill already strengthens enforcement through measures such as adding up to nine licence points for fly-tipping offences. Rather than accepting the Lords' wording outright, the government tabled its own replacement amendments designed to strengthen statutory guidance on vehicle seizure. The outcome means that enforcement of fly-tipping powers will be shaped by the government's alternative approach rather than the Lords' original text, with practical consequences for how councils and police pursue the estimated one million fly-tipping incidents recorded in England each year. **The politics:** The vote divided almost entirely along party lines, with all 294 Labour and Labour and Co-operative members voting with the government and all 156 opposition votes coming from Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Greens, the Democratic Unionist Party, and others voting against. There were no Labour rebels. The Conservatives argued the Lords' amendment was the stronger approach to fly-tipping enforcement, while the Liberal Democrats had separate concerns about other amendments in the same grouping. The vote was one of several that evening as the government sought to close down outstanding disagreements with the Lords after fourteen months of parliamentary proceedings on the Bill.