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Amendment
No.

Clause 1

BY THE EARL OF DROGHEDA

23A      Page 1, line 6, at end insert ("except if, on the day this section comes into force, he is such a member and he has attained the age of 75 years")

BY THE LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY

24      Page 1, line 6, at end insert (", but any person who is excluded from membership of the House of Lords by virtue of this Act shall retain the right to correspond with Ministers of the Crown as if he remained a member of that House")

BY THE LORD RENTON OF MOUNT HARRY

25      Page 1, line 6, at end insert--

    ("(2)  But subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of any proceedings in the House of Lords on a bill introduced by a Minister of the Crown providing for--
(a)  the maximum duration of Parliament to be extended beyond 5 years, or

(b)  new restrictions on the constitutional powers of the Crown.")

BY THE EARL OF CLANWILLIAM

26      Page 1, line 6, at end insert--

    ("(2)  But any holder of a hereditary peerage who has been elected to--
(a)  the House of Commons,

(b)  the European Parliament,

(c)  the Scottish Parliament,

(d)  the Northern Ireland Assembly,

(e)  the National Assembly for Wales,

(f)  a regional assembly in England,

(g)  the Greater London Authority,

(h)  a local authority, or

(i)  consecutively to any of the bodies listed in paragraphs (a) to (h),
for a continuous period of seven years shall be entitled to receive a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords and to sit and vote in that House by virtue of that peerage on the completion of that period or, in the case of a member of the House of Commons, on the day after he ceases to be a member.

    (3)  In subsection (2) "local authority" means--
(a)  in relation to England, a county, district or London borough council;

(b)  in relation to Wales, a county or county borough council;

(c)  in relation to Scotland, a council for a local government area, and

(d)  in relation to Northern Ireland, a county, district or county borough council.")

BY THE EARL OF LONGFORD
THE LORD MORAN
THE LORD ELLENBOROUGH
THE BARONESS YOUNG

27      Page 1, line 6, at end insert--

    ("(2) But subsection (1) does not apply to any person who, on the day before this Act is passed, is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage, who shall retain the right to speak, but not to vote, in that House for the remainder of their life.")

BY THE LORD GRAY

28      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.")

BY THE LORD RANDALL OF ST BUDEAUX

29      Page 1, line 6, at end insert--

    ("(2)  Any person who, on the day on which this Act is passed, is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage, shall remain a member of that House for their life.")

BY THE LORD MARLESFORD
THE BARONESS YOUNG

30      Page 1, line 6, at end insert--

    ("(2)  This section does not apply to any member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage who was on the day on which this Act is passed a member of the Privy Council.")

BY THE LORD NORRIE

30A      Page 1, line 6, at end insert--

    ("(2A)  The personal and property rights to enter, sit and speak in the House of Lords as granted by Letters Patent and existing in customary and common laws, shall not be changed by this Act.")

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 1 stand part of the Bill.

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	[Amendments marked are new or have been altered*]
Amendment No.
	Clause 1
	BY THE EARL OF DROGHEDA
23A	Page 1, line 6, at end insert ("except if, on the day this section comes into force, he is such a member and he has attained the age of 75 years")
	BY THE LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY
24	Page 1, line 6, at end insert (", but any person who is excluded from membership of the House of Lords by virtue of this Act shall retain the right to correspond with Ministers of the Crown as if he remained a member of that House")
	BY THE LORD RENTON OF MOUNT HARRY
25	Page 1, line 6, at end insert-- ("(2) But subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of any proceedings in the House of Lords on a bill introduced by a Minister of the Crown providing for-- (a) the maximum duration of Parliament to be extended beyond 5 years, or (b) new restrictions on the constitutional powers of the Crown.")
	BY THE EARL OF CLANWILLIAM
26	Page 1, line 6, at end insert-- ("(2) But any holder of a hereditary peerage who has been elected to-- (a) the House of Commons, (b) the European Parliament, (c) the Scottish Parliament, (d) the Northern Ireland Assembly, (e) the National Assembly for Wales, (f) a regional assembly in England, (g) the Greater London Authority, (h) a local authority, or (i) consecutively to any of the bodies listed in paragraphs (a) to (h), for a continuous period of seven years shall be entitled to receive a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords and to sit and vote in that House by virtue of that peerage on the completion of that period or, in the case of a member of the House of Commons, on the day after he ceases to be a member. (3) In subsection (2) "local authority" means-- (a) in relation to England, a county, district or London borough council; (b) in relation to Wales, a county or county borough council; (c) in relation to Scotland, a council for a local government area, and (d) in relation to Northern Ireland, a county, district or county borough council.")
	BY THE EARL OF LONGFORD THE LORD MORAN THE LORD ELLENBOROUGH THE BARONESS YOUNG
27	Page 1, line 6, at end insert-- ("(2) But subsection (1) does not apply to any person who, on the day before this Act is passed, is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage, who shall retain the right to speak, but not to vote, in that House for the remainder of their life.")
	BY THE LORD GRAY
28	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.")
	BY THE LORD RANDALL OF ST BUDEAUX
29	Page 1, line 6, at end insert-- ("(2) Any person who, on the day on which this Act is passed, is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage, shall remain a member of that House for their life.")
	BY THE LORD MARLESFORD THE BARONESS YOUNG
30	Page 1, line 6, at end insert-- ("(2) This section does not apply to any member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage who was on the day on which this Act is passed a member of the Privy Council.")
	BY THE LORD NORRIE
30A	Page 1, line 6, at end insert-- ("(2A) The personal and property rights to enter, sit and speak in the House of Lords as granted by Letters Patent and existing in customary and common laws, shall not be changed by this Act.")
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 1 stand part of the Bill.