NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Friday 26th February 1999
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
HOUSE OF LORDS BILL
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'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
26
Clause 2, page 1, line 7, after 'peerage', insert 'who is not entitled to be a member of the House of Lords'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
29
Clause 2, page 1, line 7, leave out 'not'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
27
Clause 2, page 1, line 10, at end add 'unless he has the right to elect representative peers to serve as members of the House of Lords.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
28
Clause 2, page 1, line 10, at end add 'unless he has the right to elect representative peers to serve as members of the House of Lords and he has chosen to participate in such elections.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
30
Clause 2, page 1, line 10, at end add 'until the composition of the House of Lords has been determined for the first time.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
35
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the consideration of Bills.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
37
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the ability of the House of Lords to consider draft statutory instruments.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
38
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the ability of the House of Lords to scrutinise statutory instruments that are meant to meet a European Community obligation of the United Kingdom.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
39
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the ability of the House of Lords to scrutinise the work of Ministers of the Crown.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
40
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the work of the select committees of the House of Lords.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
41
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the House of Commons.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
42
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the consideration by Parliament of any bill that would amend the provisions, or suspend the operation, of the Septennial Act 1715.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
43
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on the consideration by Parliament of any bill that would amend the provisions of the Parliament Acts, 1911 and 1949.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
44
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has investigated the effect of this Act on—
(a) the work of the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, and
(b) the consideration of claims of peerage and of precedence.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
45
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has studied the operation of the Canadian Senate.'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
46
Clause 4, page 1, leave out lines 13 to 14 and insert—
'(1) This Act shall not come into force until a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament has studied the abolition of the upper chamber of the New Zealand legislature in 1950.'.
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.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
36
Clause 4, page 1, line 16, leave out 'that Session' and insert 'the Session in which this Act comes into force.'.
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
31
Clause 4, page 1, line 17, leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'Prime Minister'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
32
Clause 4, page 1, line 17, leave out 'such'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
34
Clause 4, page 1, line 19, leave out 'or the European Parliament'.
Dr Liam Fox
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Oliver Letwin
33
Clause 4, page 1, line 19, leave out 'as he considers appropriate' and insert 'in order to give effect to section 2 of this Act.'.
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.'.
