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Excepted Hereditary Peers |
Hereditary Peers.
26 July 1999. |
9. - (1) In implementation of section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999, this Standing Order makes provision for hereditary peers who are excepted from section 1.
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(2) The excepted hereditary peers shall consist of the following categories: |
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(i)(a) 2 peers elected by the Labour hereditary peers;
(b) 42 peers elected by the Conservative hereditary peers;
(c) 3 peers elected by the Liberal Democrat hereditary peers;
(d) 28 peers elected by the Cross-bench hereditary peers;
(ii) 15 peers, elected by the whole House, from among those ready to serve as Deputy Speakers or in any other office as the House may require; and
(iii) any peer holding the office of Earl Marshal or performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain. |
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(3) Elections shall be conducted in accordance with arrangements made by the Clerk of the Parliaments.
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(4) In order to stand for election or qualify as an elector under paragraph (2)(i), a peer must register with the Clerk of the Parliaments, identifying the party or Cross-bench group to which he belongs. In order to stand for election under paragraph (2)(ii), a peer must register separately with the Clerk of the Parliaments. A peer may not stand for election nor vote if he has not taken the Oath or is on Leave of Absence.
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(5) In the event of a tie between two or more candidates standing in any of the elections held in accordance with paragraph (2), the matter (if not resolved by the electoral arrangements adopted by the House) shall be decided by the drawing of lots.
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(6) The Clerk of the Parliaments may refer any question concerning the propriety of the electoral process to the Committee for Privileges.
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(7) In the event of a vacancy occurring at any time up to the end of the initial period through
death among the peers elected in category (2)(i) or (2)(ii), the vacancy shall be filled by the
nearest runner-up in the relevant election under paragraph (2) who both wishes to fill the
vacancy and is otherwise available. The provisions of paragraph (5) are applicable for this
purpose. If no such runner-up is available, the House shall decide how the vacancy shall be
filled.
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(8) In this Standing Order and in Standing Order 10 the end of the "initial period" is the end of
the first session of the next Parliament after that in which the House of Lords Act 1999 is
passed.
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Hereditary Peers: By-elections.
26 July 1999. |
10.--(1) In implementation of subsection (4) of section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999, this
Standing Order makes proivision for by-elections to fill vacancies occurring by death among
excepted hereditary peers after the end of the initial period.
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(2) In the event of the death of a hereditary peer excepted under Standing Order 9(2)(i) only
the excepted hereditary peers in the group in which the vacancy has occurred shall be
entitled to vote.
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(3) In the event of the death of a hereditary peer excepted under Standing Order 9(2)(ii) the
whole House shall be entitled to vote.
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(4) The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply also in the case of any subsequent
by-elections.
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(5) The Clerk of the Parliaments shall maintain, and publish annually, a register of hereditary
peers (other than peers of Ireland) who wish to stand in any by-election.
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(6) By-elections shall be conducted in accordance with arrangements made by the Clerk of
the Parliaments and shall take place within three months of a vacancy occurring.
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(7) Paragraphs (5) and (6) of Standing Order 9 shall apply to by-elections under this Standing
Order.
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Register of hereditary peers.
23 January 2001. | 11. Any hereditary peer (not previously in receipt of a writ of summons) who wishes to be included in the register maintained by the Clerk of the Parliaments pursuant to Standing Order 10(5) shall petition the House and any such petition shall be referred to the Lord Chancellor to consider and report upon whether such peer has established his right to be included in the register.
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The House and its arrangements |
Right to be present in House when sitting.
5 April 1707. |
12. When the House is sitting, no person shall be on the floor of the House except Lords of Parliament and such other persons as assist or attend the House. Upon an Order of the House, the persons in all or any of the galleries or in the spaces about the Throne and below the Bar are to withdraw.
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Duties and powers of Black Rod.
31 January 1973. |
13. - (1) The admission of strangers to the Chamber and the precincts of the House, whether or not the House is sitting, shall be subject to such orders and rules as the House may make. The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod shall give effect to such orders and rules and shall have such powers (including the power to take into custody) as are necessary for that purpose.
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(2) Respect is to be had to the Chamber, whether or not the House is sitting.
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(3) The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod shall take into his custody any person whom the House may order to be detained.
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(4) In the absence of the Gentleman Usher, the Yeoman Usher may act in his place.
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Doorkeepers not to stay within the House when sitting.
14 February 1704. |
14. No doorkeeper attending the House shall presume to come or stay within the doors of the House when sitting (unless ordered so to do).
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Secret sittings.
1 June 1954. |
15. Upon an Order for a secret sitting, the Chamber shall be cleared of all persons, except Lords of Parliament, the Clerks at the Table, Black Rod and the Serjeant-at-Arms, and thereupon the proceedings shall be secret. Members of the House of Commons shall not be required to withdraw under this Standing Order.
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Printing or publication of proceedings.
27 February 1699. |
16. The printing or publishing of anything relating to the proceedings of the House is subject to the privilege of the House.
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Recall of the House.
20 May 1970. |
17. - (1) If, during any adjournment of the House, the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that the public interest requires that the House should meet at a time earlier than that appointed, he may signify that he is so satisfied and notice shall be given and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in the notice, as if it had been duly adjourned to that time.
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(2) If the Lord Chancellor is unable to act for the purposes of this Standing Order, the Chairman of Committees, after consultation with Her Majesty's Government, may act in his stead.
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(3) Notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, the House may meet for judicial business at a time earlier than that appointed if the Lord Chancellor or, in his absence, the senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary is satisfied that it should do so and has signified that he is so satisfied and has given notice to such Lords as he thinks fit.
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