Appendix 2: Call for Evidence
The Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform
Bill has been appointed to consider and report on the draft House
of Lords Reform Bill (Cm 8077). It is required to report on the
draft Bill by 29 February 2012.
A copy of the draft Bill and the accompanying description
of the proposals and explanatory notes as published as Command
Paper 8077.
Written evidence is invited on the terms of the White
Paper and draft Bill, including but not limited to:
- How the draft Bill fulfils
its objects;
- The effect of the Bill on the powers of the House
of Lords and the existing conventions governing the relationship
between the Lords and the Commons;
- The role and functions of a reformed House;
- The means of ensuring continued primacy of the
House of Commons under any new arrangements;
- The size of the proposed House and the ratio
of elected to non-elected Members (the draft Bill gives options);
- A statutory appointments commission;
- The electoral term, retirement etc;
- The electoral system preferred (the draft Bill
gives options);
- Transitional arrangements (the draft Bill gives
options);
- The provisions on Bishops, Ministers and hereditary
peers;
- Other administrative matters like pay and pensions;
- Relevant comparisons with other bi-cameral parliaments;
and
- Anything else relevant to the introduction of
a largely elected House (e.g. name of a reformed House, referendum,
applicability of the Parliament Acts etc.).
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