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| Before Clause 1 | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY THE LADY SALTOUN OF ABERNETHY [As an amendment to the amendment tabled by Lord Campbell of Alloway and others] | |||
| Line 3, leave out ("the people of") and insert ("a majority of the parliamentary electorate in") | |||
| Clause 1 | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY | |||
| Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to section (Peers of Scotland)") | |||
| BY THE LORD BOARDMAN | |||
| Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to section 4(1) and (1A)") | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY | |||
| Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to section (Peers of Scotland (No. 2))") | |||
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Page 1, line 6, at end insert-- ("(2) This section does not apply to any person who was on 31st July 1963 the holder of a peerage in the peerage of Scotland only and who on that day became eligible to receive a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords, and to sit and vote in that House.") | |||
| After Clause 1 | |||
| BY THE VISCOUNT MOUNTGARRET [As an amendment to the amendment tabled by Lord Weatherill and others] | |||
| Line 4, leave out ("90") and insert ("250") | |||
| BY THE LORD LUCAS [As an amendment to the amendment tabled by Lord Weatherill and others] | |||
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Line 3, at end insert-- ("( ) Standing Orders of the House shall provide for people to be excepted from section 1 as a result of elections designed to ensure that such people are representative of the balance of party affiliations within the House, and of the spread of opinion within such party affiliations.") | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY | |||
| Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
| (". The holder of a peerage in the peerage of Scotland shall continue to be entitled to receive a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords and to sit and vote in that House.") | Peers of Scotland. | ||
| Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
| (".--(1) There shall be an electoral college consisting of each holder of a peerage in the peerage of Scotland who has attained the age of 18 years which shall elect sixteen of its members who are peers of Scotland only to sit and vote in the House of Lords. (2) Sixteen holders of peerages in the peerage of Scotland who have attained the age of 21 years and who are elected in accordance with subsection (1) shall be entitled to receive a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords and to sit and vote in that House.") | Peers of Scotland (No. 2). | ||
| Clause 2 | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY | |||
| Page 1, line 7, after ("peerage") insert ("who is not a member of the House of Lords by virtue of section (Peers of Scotland)") | |||
| Page 1, line 7, after ("peerage") insert ("who is not a member of the electoral college for the election of peers of Scotland under section (Peers of Scotland (No. 2))") | |||
| Page 1, line 7, after ("peerage") insert ("who is not a person to whom section 1(2) applies") | |||
| After Clause 3 | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY | |||
| Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
| (". On the coming into force of this Act the House of Lords shall cease to be so known.") | House of Lords: name (No. 4). | ||
| Insert the following new Clause-- | |||
| (". On the coming into force of this Act the House of Lords shall cease to be known as such and shall be known as the Senate of the United Kingdom.") | House of Lords: name (No. 5). | ||
| Clause 4 | |||
| BY THE LORD BOARDMAN | |||
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Page 1, line 13, leave out from ("Act") to end of line 14 and insert ("shall not come into force until each House of Parliament has come to a resolution that it should do so. (1A) No resolution under subsection (1) may be made until the Royal Commission set up to consider the reform of the House of Lords has reported.") | |||
| In the Title | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY | |||
| Line 1, after ("Lords") insert ("solely") | |||
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