House of Lords Bill [HL]
To make provision for the appointment of a Commission to make recommendations to the Crown for the creation of life peerages; to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of hereditary peerage; to make provision for permanent leave of absence from the House of Lords; to provide for the expulsion of members of the House of Lords in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Lord Steel of Aikwood introduced a similar Bill with the same title in the previous parliamentary session of 2007-08. That Bill received a second reading, on 30 November 2007, but made no further progress.
Key areas
- All recommendations for life peerages would be made by a statutory Appointments Commission
- Existing hereditary Peers would no longer be replaced when they die
- Permanent leave of absence should be granted to Members of the Lords on request. If they do not attend the House of Lords this would be viewed as taking permanent leave of absence
- Members of the Lords sentenced to more than one year in prison would no longer be Members of the House of Lords.
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Progress through Parliament3 stages recorded
Lords
1st reading
04 Dec 2008
Lords
2nd reading
27 Feb 2009
Lords
Committee stage
19 Mar 2009
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Amendment Supplementary to the Revised Marshalled List to be moved in Committee as at 29 April 2009
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Revised Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Committee as at 18 March 2009
text/html · 19 Mar 2009
Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved in Committee
text/html · 18 Mar 2009
Bill as introduced
application/pdf · 05 Dec 2008