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Before Clause 1

BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE
THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH
THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON
THE LORD KINGSLAND

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  The purpose of this Act is to create a more legitimate House of Lords, which will be better equipped to scrutinise legislation and hold Ministers of the Crown to account.") Purpose of Act (No. 2).

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  A Lord Temporal shall not be entitled to attend, sit or vote in the House of Lords unless his dignity as a Lord of Parliament was conferred on him in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 or he is a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.") Exclusion of hereditary peers.

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  No person shall be entitled to attend, sit or vote in the House of Lords unless his dignity as a Lord of Parliament was conferred on him in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 or he is a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or an archbishop or bishop of the Church of England.") Exclusion of hereditary peers (No. 2).

Clause 1

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     Leave out Clause 1

BY THE LORD RANDALL OF ST BUDEAUX

     Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to subsection (2)")

     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.")

After Clause 1

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  A peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958 may be conferred on a person notwithstanding that he is disqualified under section 1 from attending, sitting or voting in the House of Lords, and, accordingly, section 1(4) of that Act shall not apply in relation to any such person.") Life peerages for disqualified peers.

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Lords Temporal who are disqualified from attending, sitting and voting in the House of Lords by virtue of this Act--
(a)  shall not be entitled to receive writs of summons to attend any future Parliament; but

(b)  shall nevertheless be entitled to enter the Palace of Westminster and use the facilities of the Palace as if they were not so disqualified.")
Rights of disqualified peers.

Clause 2

BY THE LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE

     Page 1, line 8, at end insert--

    ("(  )  Standing Orders of the House shall provide that in any election held to determine who is a person to be excepted from section 1, the electorate shall consist of all peers.")

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     Page 1, line 8, at end insert--

    ("(  )  No person shall be excepted from section 1 by virtue of this section if he has had conferred upon him a life peerage under the Life Peerage Act 1958 or has agreed to accept such a Peerage.")

     Page 1, line 8, at end insert--

    ("(  )  No person shall be excepted from section 1 by virtue of this section unless--
(a)  he has been selected for exception by an election at which any hereditary peer, whether disqualified under section 1 or not, is eligible to vote; or

(b)  he holds or performs for the time being the office of Earl Marshal or the office of Lord Great Chamberlain.")

After Clause 2

BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE
THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH
THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON
THE LORD KINGSLAND

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .--(1)  Nothing in Section 1 of this Act shall be taken to prevent sixteen peers in the peerage of Scotland from sitting and voting in the House of Lords.

    (2)  The said sixteen peers shall be elected by the peers of Scotland, by open election and plurality of votes, from amongst their number, to sit and vote in the House of Lords in each Session of Parliament.

    (3)  In the case of the death or legal incapacity of any of the said sixteen peers, the peers of Scotland shall elect another of their number in place of the said peer.") Membership of House of Lords: Scottish peers.

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Standing Orders of the House shall provide that on any day when the House sits for public business the membership of the House includes at least sixteen peers who are domiciled in Scotland.") Consideration of public business.

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Standing Orders of the House shall ensure that on the first day of every Session of Parliament the membership of the House of Lords includes at least sixteen peers who are domiciled in Scotland.") Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 2)

Clause 3

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  The expressions Lord of Parliament" and "Peer of Parliament" shall not include any person who is disqualified by section 1 from attending, sitting or voting in the House of Lords. Style of disqualified peers.

After Clause 2

BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE
THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH
THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON
THE LORD KINGSLAND

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Standing Orders of the House shall provide that on any day when the House sits for public business the membership of the House includes at least sixteen peers who are resident in the United Kingdom and Scotland is the part of the United Kingdom with which they have the closest connection.") Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 3)

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Standing Orders of the House shall provide that on the first day of every Session of Parliament the membership of the House of Lords includes at least sixteen peers who are resident in the United Kingdom and Scotland is the part of the United Kingdom with which they have the closest connection.") Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 4)

BY THE LORD GRAY

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  To continue the effect of Article XXII of the Treaty of Unions of 1707 Standing Orders shall provide that the minimum number of persons domiciled in Scotland and entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords shall be sixteen; but Ministers of the Crown and persons appointed under the provisions of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 shall not count towards that minimum.") Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 9)

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  To continue the effect of Article XXII of the Treaty of Unions of 1707 Standing Orders shall provide that the minimum number of persons domiciled in Scotland and entitled to sit and vote in the House shall be twenty four but Ministers of the Crown and persons appointed under the provisions of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 shall not count towards that minimum.") Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 6).

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Notwithstanding section 2(2) a person may be excepted from section 1 in accordance with Standing Orders for the purpose of fulfilling section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 5)).") Exception from section 1: Supplementary.

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .--(1)  Notwithstanding section 2(2) sixteen Peers of Scotland only domiciled in Scotland shall be excepted from section 1; but anyone excepted under section 2(2) shall not count towards that number.

    (2)  The sixteen shall be elected for a parliament by all peers domiciled in Scotland who are, or who would but for the passage of this Act have been entitled to receive a writ of summons to sit and vote in the House of Lords.

    (  )  In the event of a vacancy occurring due to the death or disqualification of a person elected under subsection (2), a bye-election shall be held.") Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 7).

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  In section 4 of the Peerage Act 1963 at beginning insert "subject to section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 5)) House of Lords Act 1999".") Scottish representative peers.

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  In section 4 of the Peerage Act 1963 at beginning insert "subject to section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 6)) of the House of Lords Act 1999".") Scottish representative peers (No. 2).

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Notwithstanding section 2(2) a person may be excepted from section 1 in accordance with Standing Orders for the purpose of fulfilling section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 6)).") Exception from section 1: Supplementary (No. 2).

BY THE LORD NORTHBOURNE

     Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .--(1)  From the date of the coming into force of section 1 of this Act the Prime Minister shall within two months of his commencement of each session of Parliament ensure (if necessary by recommending the creation of additional life peers) that the number of independent peers entitled to speak and to vote in the Second Chamber is at least as great as the number who take the whips of the largest single party.

    (2)  For the purpose of this section "independent peers" shall mean any member who is entitled to speak and to vote in the Second Chamber and who does not owe allegiance to, is not a member of, and does not take the whip of any political party.") Independent Peers.

Clause 3

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     Page 1, leave out lines 21 and 22 and insert--

    ("A person shall not be disqualified for--

BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE
THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH
THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON
THE LORD KINGSLAND

     Page 1, line 24, at end insert--

("unless he is excepted from section 1.

    (2)  The holder of a hereditary peerage who is a member of the House of Commons is disqualified for being excepted from section 1 or for voting at any election held in pursuance of Standing Orders of the House for the exception of any person from section 1.")

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

     Page 1, line 24, at end insert--
("if he is a Peer of the Realm who is disqualified by this Act for attending, sitting or voting in the House of Lords.")

© Parliamentary copyright 1999
Prepared 11 June 1999

	Before Clause 1
	BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . The purpose of this Act is to create a more legitimate House of Lords, which will be better equipped to scrutinise legislation and hold Ministers of the Crown to account.")		Purpose of Act (No. 2).
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . A Lord Temporal shall not be entitled to attend, sit or vote in the House of Lords unless his dignity as a Lord of Parliament was conferred on him in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 or he is a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.")		Exclusion of hereditary peers.
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . No person shall be entitled to attend, sit or vote in the House of Lords unless his dignity as a Lord of Parliament was conferred on him in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 or he is a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or an archbishop or bishop of the Church of England.")		Exclusion of hereditary peers (No. 2).
	Clause 1
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	Leave out Clause 1
	BY THE LORD RANDALL OF ST BUDEAUX
	Page 1, line 5, at beginning insert ("Subject to subsection (2)")
	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.")
	After Clause 1
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . A peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958 may be conferred on a person notwithstanding that he is disqualified under section 1 from attending, sitting or voting in the House of Lords, and, accordingly, section 1(4) of that Act shall not apply in relation to any such person.")		Life peerages for disqualified peers.
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Lords Temporal who are disqualified from attending, sitting and voting in the House of Lords by virtue of this Act-- (a) shall not be entitled to receive writs of summons to attend any future Parliament; but (b) shall nevertheless be entitled to enter the Palace of Westminster and use the facilities of the Palace as if they were not so disqualified.")		Rights of disqualified peers.
	Clause 2
	BY THE LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE
	Page 1, line 8, at end insert-- ("( ) Standing Orders of the House shall provide that in any election held to determine who is a person to be excepted from section 1, the electorate shall consist of all peers.")
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	Page 1, line 8, at end insert-- ("( ) No person shall be excepted from section 1 by virtue of this section if he has had conferred upon him a life peerage under the Life Peerage Act 1958 or has agreed to accept such a Peerage.")
	Page 1, line 8, at end insert-- ("( ) No person shall be excepted from section 1 by virtue of this section unless-- (a) he has been selected for exception by an election at which any hereditary peer, whether disqualified under section 1 or not, is eligible to vote; or (b) he holds or performs for the time being the office of Earl Marshal or the office of Lord Great Chamberlain.")
	After Clause 2
	BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" .--(1) Nothing in Section 1 of this Act shall be taken to prevent sixteen peers in the peerage of Scotland from sitting and voting in the House of Lords. (2) The said sixteen peers shall be elected by the peers of Scotland, by open election and plurality of votes, from amongst their number, to sit and vote in the House of Lords in each Session of Parliament. (3) In the case of the death or legal incapacity of any of the said sixteen peers, the peers of Scotland shall elect another of their number in place of the said peer.")		Membership of House of Lords: Scottish peers.
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Standing Orders of the House shall provide that on any day when the House sits for public business the membership of the House includes at least sixteen peers who are domiciled in Scotland.")		Consideration of public business.
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Standing Orders of the House shall ensure that on the first day of every Session of Parliament the membership of the House of Lords includes at least sixteen peers who are domiciled in Scotland.")		Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 2)
	Clause 3
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . The expressions Lord of Parliament" and "Peer of Parliament" shall not include any person who is disqualified by section 1 from attending, sitting or voting in the House of Lords.		Style of disqualified peers.
	After Clause 2
	BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Standing Orders of the House shall provide that on any day when the House sits for public business the membership of the House includes at least sixteen peers who are resident in the United Kingdom and Scotland is the part of the United Kingdom with which they have the closest connection.")		Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 3)
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Standing Orders of the House shall provide that on the first day of every Session of Parliament the membership of the House of Lords includes at least sixteen peers who are resident in the United Kingdom and Scotland is the part of the United Kingdom with which they have the closest connection.")		Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 4)
	BY THE LORD GRAY
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . To continue the effect of Article XXII of the Treaty of Unions of 1707 Standing Orders shall provide that the minimum number of persons domiciled in Scotland and entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords shall be sixteen; but Ministers of the Crown and persons appointed under the provisions of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 shall not count towards that minimum.")		Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 9)
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . To continue the effect of Article XXII of the Treaty of Unions of 1707 Standing Orders shall provide that the minimum number of persons domiciled in Scotland and entitled to sit and vote in the House shall be twenty four but Ministers of the Crown and persons appointed under the provisions of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 shall not count towards that minimum.")		Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 6).
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Notwithstanding section 2(2) a person may be excepted from section 1 in accordance with Standing Orders for the purpose of fulfilling section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 5)).")		Exception from section 1: Supplementary.
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" .--(1) Notwithstanding section 2(2) sixteen Peers of Scotland only domiciled in Scotland shall be excepted from section 1; but anyone excepted under section 2(2) shall not count towards that number. (2) The sixteen shall be elected for a parliament by all peers domiciled in Scotland who are, or who would but for the passage of this Act have been entitled to receive a writ of summons to sit and vote in the House of Lords. ( ) In the event of a vacancy occurring due to the death or disqualification of a person elected under subsection (2), a bye-election shall be held.")		Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 7).
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . In section 4 of the Peerage Act 1963 at beginning insert "subject to section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 5)) House of Lords Act 1999".")		Scottish representative peers.
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . In section 4 of the Peerage Act 1963 at beginning insert "subject to section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 6)) of the House of Lords Act 1999".")		Scottish representative peers (No. 2).
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" . Notwithstanding section 2(2) a person may be excepted from section 1 in accordance with Standing Orders for the purpose of fulfilling section (Membership of House of Lords: Scottish Peers (No. 6)).")		Exception from section 1: Supplementary (No. 2).
	BY THE LORD NORTHBOURNE
	Insert the following new Clause--
	(" .--(1) From the date of the coming into force of section 1 of this Act the Prime Minister shall within two months of his commencement of each session of Parliament ensure (if necessary by recommending the creation of additional life peers) that the number of independent peers entitled to speak and to vote in the Second Chamber is at least as great as the number who take the whips of the largest single party. (2) For the purpose of this section "independent peers" shall mean any member who is entitled to speak and to vote in the Second Chamber and who does not owe allegiance to, is not a member of, and does not take the whip of any political party.")		Independent Peers.
	Clause 3
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	Page 1, leave out lines 21 and 22 and insert-- ("A person shall not be disqualified for--
	BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND
	Page 1, line 24, at end insert-- ("unless he is excepted from section 1. (2) The holder of a hereditary peerage who is a member of the House of Commons is disqualified for being excepted from section 1 or for voting at any election held in pursuance of Standing Orders of the House for the exception of any person from section 1.")
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
	Page 1, line 24, at end insert-- ("if he is a Peer of the Realm who is disqualified by this Act for attending, sitting or voting in the House of Lords.")