House of Lords Reform Bill

AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
ON REPORT

Clause 1

LADY SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY

 

Page 1, line 8, leave out “Prime Minister” and insert “Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster”

Clause 2

LADY SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY

 

Page 1, line 10, leave out “nine members” and insert “eleven peers, all of whom shall be members of the Privy Council”

 

Page 1, leave out lines 12 and 13 and insert “in accordance with the following—

(a) three members to be appointed by the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords;

(b) three members to be appointed by the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords;

(c) three members to be appointed by the Convenor of the Crossbench peers; and

(d) two members to be appointed by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party in the House of Lords.”

 

Page 1, leave out lines 12 and 13 and insert “in accordance with the following—

(a) three members to be appointed by the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords;

(b) three members to be appointed by the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords;

(c) four members to be appointed by the Convenor of the Crossbench peers; and

(d) one member to be appointed by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party in the House of Lords.”

 

Page 2, line 1, leave out “Speaker and the Lord Speaker” and insert “Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, the Convenor of the Crossbench peers and the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party in the House of Lords”

 

Page 2, line 3, leave out subsection (4)

 

Page 2, line 8, leave out subsection (6) and insert—

“(6) The Chairman of the Commission shall be chosen from amongst the Crossbench members of the Commission.”

 

Page 2, line 10, leave out subsection (7)

Clause 4

LADY SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY

 

Page 2, line 37, leave out “and (c)” and insert “, (c) and (d)”

 

Page 2, line 40, at end insert—

“( ) the Convenor of the Crossbench peers;”

Clause 5

LADY SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY

 

Page 3, line 9, leave out paragraph (a)

Clause 8

LADY SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY

 

Page 4, line 2, leave out subsection (1)

 

Page 4, line 7, leave out “twenty” and insert “twenty-five”

 

Page 4, line 27, leave out subsection (5)

 

Page 4, line 30, leave out subsection (6)

 

Page 4, line 37, leave out “not”

Prepared 1st December 2011