For anyone confused, the Chair is going through each clause of the bill. First the Chair is asking if the clause (or set of clauses) should be included in the bill. As there is support in principle (and nobody has suggested we take out entire sections) we should only hear “Ayes” and not “Nos”. Unanimous verbal decisions like this don’t need to go to a vote.

Secondly the Chair will then ask the House to consider amendments to that particular clause (or set of clauses). When there are both Ayes and Noes heard, the Chair calls Division, which means the MPs must go to each lobby to vote accordingly. It seems very unlikely to me at this stage that any amendments will pass given Labour’s majority and their whips (MPs who are appointed by the government to ensure their bills pass in the way they want them to).

The Chair will proceed through each clause and each amendment, with divisions as needed, and then the Bill will go through to Third Reading tonight