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HANSARDStop and SearchThe time allowed for this question has elapsed.03 Mar 2021HANSARDCommunications and Digital CommitteeThat Lord Lipsey be appointed a member of the Select Committee, in place of Lord Giddens.25 Feb 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesThat the Report from the Select Committee Further temporary suspension of the Standing Orders relating to hereditary peers ’ by-elections, Terms of reference of the Secondary…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCessation of MembershipTo move to resolve that, further to section 2(3)(b) of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, section 2(1) of that Act should not apply to any member of the House who is entitled to…22 Feb 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords and noble Baronesses who have taken part. We have had an excellent and wide-ranging debate. I do not wish to detain the House much longer, but I…22 Feb 2021HANSARDHereditary Peers: By-electionsFurther to the Orders of 23 March, 7 September and 14 December 2020, that Standing Order 10(6) ( Hereditary peers: by-elections ) be further suspended pending a further review by…22 Feb 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesMy Lords, there are three Motions in my name on the Order Paper today. Should the House agree to the first Motion, which is to agree the recommendations of the Procedure and…22 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: ProceedingsThat is a very valid question, for which I thank the noble Lord. As I mentioned, the Procedure Committee will be meeting soon and I will bring his and other Members’ comments to…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: ProceedingsIn terms of what we have done in the hybrid House, I would point to the committees, which have been an excellent and innovative success. In other areas, the debates are stilted,…04 Feb 2021HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeThat Baroness Quin be appointed a member of the Select Committee, in place of Lord Whitty.04 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: ProceedingsThe hybrid House has worked very well and we have been commended for that, within and outwith the House, including by the media. It is extremely important to evaluate what has…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: ProceedingsI thank the noble Lord for his question. As I mentioned in my answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, when taking up this issue in the commission, points such as those should be…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: ProceedingsI thank the noble Baroness for her question, the kernel of which is: will we instigate a route back to normal? I anticipate deliberation of that at the commission and, thereafter,…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: ProceedingsI thank the noble Lord for his Question and comments. As I think his Question acknowledges, I am not in a position to offer time on the Floor of the House, but I know that the…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: ProceedingsMy Lords, at the moment, it is not yet clear when Covid-related restrictions will be lifted, so the point at which we will be able to remove the restrictions on the number of…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: SizeUnder the Life Peerages Act, Her Majesty has the power to confer a peerage for life, and that peerage entitles the holder “to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords…28 Jan 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords CommissionMy Lords, as many noble Lords will be aware, the House operates a rotation rule in respect of most Select Committees, which ensures a turnover of membership and broadens the…28 Jan 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: SizeI think that that is a matter for the Constitution Committee itself. I am sure the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, and her staff will have been listening to that, and they can take…28 Jan 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: SizeI thank the noble Lord for that question and apologise for the delay in answering; I am having to unmute every time. On the issue of the writs of summons, the person who receives…28 Jan 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: SizeI thank the noble Baroness for that question; again, there is something very positive in that. However, the problems that have arisen in the past lie elsewhere; they do not lie in…28 Jan 2021