Amendment Paper as at
Monday 15th February 1999
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
HOUSE OF LORDS BILL
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
1
Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out 'a member' and insert 'entitled to vote in a division'.
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Desmond Swayne
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Robert Syms
2
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add 'except that—
(a) 75 hereditary peers shall be elected as members of the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (2).
(b) 14 hereditary peers shall be elected as members of the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (3).
(c) the Lord Great Chamberlain and the Earl Marshal shall be members of the House of Lords.
(2) The electors for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) shall be the holders of a hereditary peerage.
(3) The electors for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) shall be the members of the House of Lords.
(4) The Secretary of State may by order make such provision about the conduct of the elections under this section as he considers appropriate.
(5) No order under this section shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
3
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add ', unless he or she is the first holder of a hereditary peerage.'.
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Mr Bowen Wells
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr Tony Benn
Mr Tam Dalyell
Mr Martin Bell
13
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add 'or shall in future be appointed a member of the House of Lords by the exercise of patronage'.
Mr Richard Shepherd
15
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add 'or shall in future be appointed a member of the House of Lords by the exercise of patronage, by virtue of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, by virtue of the Life Peerages Act 1958 or by virtue of being a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
20
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add ', save that the Sovereign shall have the power to allow the holder of an hereditary peerage to be a member of the House of Lords during his or her lifetime and such a right shall not pass with the hereditary peerage.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
23
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add ', except that holders of an hereditary peerage shall enjoy the same rights as any other member of the House of Lords (including the right to speak and vote) during any debate on a Bill containing any provision to extend the maximum duration of a Parliament beyond five years.'.
Dr Tony Wright
25
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert 'and any transitional arrangement enabling certain hereditary peers to continue their membership of that House shall cease to have effect on the expiry of the period of twelve months from the date of publication of the final report of the Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament announced in Command Paper No. 4183'.
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Mr Bowen Wells
Mr Richards Shepherd
Mr Tony Benn
Mr Tam Dalyell
Mr Martin Bell
14
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add—
'(2) In this Act "the exercise of patronage" means on the recommendation of a Minister of the Crown.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
19
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end add—
'(2) The holder of an hereditary peerage who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of another qualification shall retain all the title, rank, status and privileges relating to the hereditary peerage.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
9
Clause 2, page 1, line 7, after 'peerage', insert 'or a life peerage'.
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Ruffley
16
Clause 4, page 1, line 14, leave out from 'force' to end of line and insert 'on a date not less than six months after the passing of this Act nominated by the Secretary of State'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
5
Clause 4, page 1, line 14, leave out 'Session of'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
6
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 15 and 16.
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Ruffley
17
Clause 4, page 1, line 16, leave out 'Session' and insert 'date'.
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Ruffley
18
Clause 4, page 1, line 16, at end insert—
'(2A) Prior to nominating a date for the coming into force of this Act the Secretary of State shall make inquiry and lay a report before both Houses of Parliament, setting out the names of all current hereditary peers who have played a significant role in the workings of the House of Lords during the ten years preceding the passing of this Act; and such hereditary peers shall be entitled to remain members of the House of Lords, pending the enactment of proposals for the wider reform of the House of Lords following the report of the Royal Commission and public consultation concerning its proposals.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
22
Clause 4, page 1, line 17, leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 2 and insert—
'(2) Holders of hereditary peerages shall be entered on to the electoral register at the end of the Session of Parliament in which this Act is passed and at any time after the end of Session of Parliament in which this Act is passed the holders of hereditary peerages shall be entitled to vote in elections to the House of Commons.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
7
Clause 4, page 1, line 23, leave out from 'enactment' to end of line 3 on page 2 and insert—
'(5) No order under this section shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
21
Clause 5, page 2, line 4, leave out from 'peerage' to end of line 5 and insert 'means members of the peerages of Scotland, England, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom other than those created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 or the Life Peerages Act 1958.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
24
Clause 5, page 2, line 6, leave out 'House of Lords' and insert 'Senate (Interim).'.
NEW CLAUSES
Duration of Act (No. 1)
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
NCI
To move the following Clause—
'.—( ) This Act shall cease to have effect at the end of the Parliament in which it is passed.'.
Duration of Act (No. 2)
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
NC2
To move the following Clause:—
'( ) This Act shall cease to have effect twenty four months after the publication of the final report of the Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament announced in Command Paper 4183.'.
Appointments Commission (No. 1)
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
NC3
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) There shall be an Appointments Commission.
(2) The Appointments Commission may nominate members to serve as members of the House of Lords, provided that no such person represents a registered political party.
(3) A registered political party shall be entitled to nominate one member of the Appointments Commission.
(4) The Speaker of the House of Commons shall nominate members of the Appointments Commission who represent no registered political party.
(5) There shall be more members of the Appointments Commission nominated under subsection (4) than nominated under subsection (3).
(6) For the purposes of this section, a registered political party is one registered under the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.'.
Appointments Commission (No. 2)
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
NC4
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) There shall be an Appointments Commission.
(2) The Appointments Commission may nominate members to serve as members of the House of Lords, provided that no such person represents a registered political party.
(3) The Speaker of the House of Commons shall nominate members of the Appointments Commission.
(4) No member of the Appointments Commission shall represent a registered political party.
(5) For the purposes of this section, a registered political party is one registered under the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998.'.
