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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Wednesday 4 November 2009

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

1514-1529

Committee of the whole House

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Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

Procedure Committee amendments to standing orders

John Hemming

NC46

To move the following Clause:—

‘Standing Orders of the House of Commons shall make provision for the

Procedure Committee to have the power to table amendments to Standing Orders

for the whole House to accept or reject following a short debate within one week

of the tabling of such amendments.’.

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Keith Vaz

92

Clause  27,  page  13,  line  32,  at end insert ‘or a term peer within the meaning of

section [Term peerages] of this Act’.

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Keith Vaz

93

Schedule  3,  page  46,  line  19,  after ‘(c.21)’, insert ‘or a term peer under section

[Term peerages]’.

Term peerages

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Keith Vaz

NC47

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Her Majesty shall have power by letters patent to confer on any person a term

peerage having the incidents specified in subsection (2) of this section.

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(2)	A term peerage conferred under this section shall entitle the person on whom it is

conferred—

(a)	to rank as a baron under such style as may be appointed by the letters

patent; and

(b)	subject to the relevant provisions of sections 27 to 30 above, to receive

writs of summons to attend the House of Lords and sit and vote therein

accordingly.

(3)	Subject to subsection (4), a term peerage conferred under this section shall expire

on the appointed day of poll for the third General Election after the day on which

the term peerage was conferred.

(4)	Where a period of two years or less has elapsed from the day of conferment of a

term peerage under this section to the day of poll for a General Election, that poll

for a General Election shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculation under

subsection (3) above of the time of expiry of that term peerage.’.

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Revised 5 November 2009