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| Before Clause 1 | |||
| BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND | |||
| 10A* |
Insert the following new Clause-- (" . No-one shall receive a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords by virtue of an hereditary peerage.") | Exclusion of hereditary peers. | |
| Clause 1 | |||
| BY THE LORD GRAY | |||
| 11 | Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to section (Peers of Scotland)") | ||
| 12 | Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to section (Peers of Scotland (No. 2))") | ||
| BY THE LORD BOARDMAN | |||
| 13 | Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to section 4(1) and (1A)") | ||
| BY THE LORD RANDALL OF ST BUDEAUX | |||
| 14 | Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to subsection (2)") | ||
| BY THE LORD NORRIE | |||
| 14A | Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to subsection (2A)") | ||
| BY THE EARL OF KINNOULL | |||
| 15 | Page 1, line 5, after ("No-one") insert ("who after the day on which this Act is passed succeeds to a hereditary peerage") | ||
| BY THE EARL FERRERS THE LORD MONSON THE BARONESS YOUNG | |||
| 16 | Page 1, line 5, leave out ("shall be") and insert ("who is") | ||
| BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK | |||
| 17 | Page 1, line 5, leave out ("be a member of") and insert ("attend, sit or vote in") | ||
| BY THE LORD CLIFFORD OF CHUDLEIGH | |||
| 17A* | Page 1, line 5, leave out from ("be") to end of line 6 and insert ("by virtue solely of a hereditary peerage a member entitled to vote in the House of Lords except on constitutional matters, pending the implementation of measures ensuring comprehensive reform of the House of Lords which maintain existing powers to control the Executive and such measures receiving Royal Assent") | ||
| BY THE EARL OF CLANWILLIAM | |||
| 18 | Page 1, line 5, after ("Lords") insert ("only") | ||
| BY THE EARL FERRERS THE BARONESS YOUNG | |||
| 19 | Page 1, line 5, leave out ("by virtue of") and insert ("because he holds") | ||
| BY THE EARL FERRERS THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK THE BARONESS YOUNG | |||
| 20 | Page 1, line 5, leave out second ("a") and insert ("an") | ||
| BY THE EARL OF KINNOULL | |||
| 21 | Page 1, line 5, leave out second ("a") and insert ("that") | ||
| BY THE EARL FERRERS THE LORD COLERAINE THE LORD PALMER | |||
| 22 | Page 1, line 6, at end insert ("shall be entitled to vote in that House or in any committee of that House") | ||
| BY THE LORD MONSON | |||
| 23 | Page 1, line 6, at end insert ("shall be entitled to vote in a division in the House of Lords or in a Committee of the whole House on any question arising in the consideration of a Bill sponsored by a Minister of the Crown") | ||
| 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--
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| 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--
(3) In subsection (2) "local authority" means--
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| 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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