| House of Lords Bill - Amendments to be debated in the House of Lords - continued |
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| Clause 3 | |||
| BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK | |||
| 41 |
Page 1, leave out lines 21 and 22 and insert-- ("A person shall not be disqualified for--") | ||
| BY THE EARL FERRERS | |||
| 42 | Page 1, line 21, leave out ("by virtue of") and insert ("because he holds") | ||
| BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK | |||
| 43 |
Page 1, line 24, at end insert--
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| BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND | |||
| 44 |
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 BARONESS JAY OF PADDINGTON | |||
| 44A |
Page 1, line 24, at end insert-- ("( ) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to anyone excepted from section 1 by virtue of section 2.") | ||
| After Clause 3 | |||
| BY THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE | |||
| 45 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . The House of Lords may make provision for hereditary peers who cease to be members of the House of Lords by virtue of this Act to retain their right to host welfare and charitable events in the Palace of Westminster.") | Hereditary peers to be able to host charitable events in Palace of Westminster. | ||
| BY THE LORD MANCROFT THE VISCOUNT GOSCHEN THE LORD RENTON OF MOUNT HARRY | |||
| 46 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . In respect of any proceedings in the House of Lords on a Bill providing for the maximum duration of Parliament to be extended beyond five years, no peer appointed to the House of Lords under the Life Peerages Act 1958 during the course of that Parliament shall be entitled to vote on such proceedings.") | Voting rights of life peers: extension of duration of Parliament. | ||
| BY THE EARL FERRERS | |||
| 47 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) A member of the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales or Northern Ireland Assembly is disqualified for sitting and voting in the House of Lords. (2) Where an individual is disqualified under this section, the disqualification ceases on the day he ceases to be a member of the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales or Northern Ireland Assembly. (3) No writ of summons shall be issued to a person who is for the time being disqualified under this section.") | Disqualification of Members of Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 48 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) A person who is the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly or the presiding officer of the National Assembly for Wales is disqualified for sitting and voting in the House of Lords. (2) Where an individual is disqualified under this section, the disqualification ceases on the day he ceases to be the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly or the presiding officer of the National Assembly for Wales. (3) No writ of summons shall be issued to a person who is for the time being disqualified under this section.") | Disqualification of Presiding Officers of Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly and presiding officer of National Assembly for Wales. | ||
| 49 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . Any person who is the holder of an hereditary peerage and who would but for this Act be entitled to receive a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords and to sit and vote in that House shall be entitled to continue to exercise the same rights of access to, and use of, the House of Lords and any premises occupied by that House to which he would have been entitled but for the passing of this Act.") | Retention of ancillary rights. | ||
| 50 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . From the day on which this Act comes into force the members of the second chamber of Parliament shall be known as "members of the Selected Chamber".") | Members of the second chamber. | ||
| 51* | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . From the day on which this Act comes into force the members of the Selected Chamber of Parliament shall be styled as "Members of the Lords", with the initials "ML" appended to their name but without reference to their rank in the peerage.") | Members of the Selected Chamber: style. | ||
| BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND | |||
| 52 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . The maximum number of persons entitled to receive a writ of summons to the House of Lords and to sit and vote in that House is 659.") | Number of members of House of Lords. | ||
| 53 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . Nothing in this Act affects the power of the House of Lords to entertain a petition from a claimant to an hereditary peerage to succeed to that peerage or the provision made by that House for such a petition to be referred to the Committee for Privileges.") | Peerage claims. | ||
| BY THE VISCOUNT TORRINGTON THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL | |||
| 54 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . The Secretary of State shall petition the Sovereign as to the striking of a commemorative medal to be awarded to peers who have received a writ of summons to attend the present Parliament and who become disqualified by this Act from attending any Session of Parliament after the Session in which this Act is passed in right of an hereditary peerage.") | Commemorative Medal. | ||
| BY THE EARL OF CAITHNESS THE LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY | |||
| 55 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . The maximum number of persons entitled to receive a writ of summons to the House of Lords and to sit and vote in that House is 830.") | Number of members of House of Lords (No. 2). | ||
| BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK | |||
| 56 | 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. | ||
| 57 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) There shall be an independent House of Lords review committee which shall review on an annual basis the work of the House of Lords in the light of the passage of this Act in each Session after the Session in which this Act is passed. (2) Each report of the Review Committee shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament. (3) The Committee shall comprise fifteen members of the Privy Council to be selected in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State. (4) The Secretary of State shall make regulations relating to the procedure of the committee and its meetings, its support and administrative staff and other supplementary matters.") | Review of the House of Lords. | ||
| BY THE LORD RANDALL OF ST BUDEAUX THE LORD NORTHBROOK | |||
| 58 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) From the start of the session of Parliament following the session in which this Act is passed a system of weighted voting shall be introduced into the House of Lords to ensure that the total number of votes eligible to be cast by members of that House belonging to the party or parties forming the Government shall be greater than the total number of votes eligible to be cast by members of that House belonging to the official opposition party. (2) Standing Orders of the House shall be made to give effect to this section, and may provide that any vote cast by a member belonging to the party or parties forming the Government shall have a greater value than any vote cast by another member.") | Voting rights of members of the House of Lords (No. 2). | ||
| BY THE LORD ROTHERWICK THE BARONESS KNIGHT OF COLLINGTREE THE EARL OF CLANWILLIAM | |||
| 58A | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . Hereditary peers who cease to be members of the House of Lords by virtue of this Act shall retain their right to use the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft.") | Hereditary peers to retain right to use Chapel of St Mary Undercroft. | ||
| BY THE LORD CLIFFORD OF CHUDLEIGH | |||
| 58B | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . Section 1 shall not apply in respect of any proceedings in the House of Lords on a constitutional bill or a bill including constitutional provisions, and any person who was the holder of a hereditary peerage and who was entitled to a writ of summons to attend that House on the day before this Act comes into force shall continue to be entitled to sit and vote on such proceedings.") | Constitutional bills: voting rights of hereditary peers. | ||
| 58C | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . Any person who was the holder of a hereditary peerage and who was entitled to a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords on the day before this Act came into force shall continue to be entitled to sit, but not to vote, in any proceedings of that House or of a committee of that House, subject to section (Constitutional bills: voting rights of hereditary peers).") | Hereditary peers: sitting rights. | ||
| BY THE LORD COLERAINE | |||
| 58D | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
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(2) Standing Orders shall provide that the 90 hereditary peers so excepted shall consist of the following categories--
(4) Any question whether a person is excepted from section 1 shall be decided by the Clerk of the Parliaments, whose certificate shall be conclusive.") | Exception from section 1: non-voting peers. | ||
| Clause 4 | |||
| BY THE BARONESS JAY OF PADDINGTON | |||
| 58E |
Page 2, line 1, at beginning insert-- (".--(1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule (Amendments) are amended as specified there.") | ||
| After Clause 4 | |||
| BY THE EARL OF CAITHNESS THE LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY | |||
| 59 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . From the day on which this Act comes into force the members of the second chamber of Parliament shall be known as "Members of the Interim Chamber" and shall be styled as "Member [surname]" in any proceedings of the House.") | Members of the second chamber. | ||
| 60 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . The salaries payable to the members of the second chamber of Parliament shall be payable only to those office holders who were eligible to receive a salary on the day before this Act comes into force.") | Salaries of members of the second chamber. | ||
| BY THE EARL OF PERTH THE EARL OF ERROLL | |||
| 61 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" . Nothing in this Act affects the power of the House of Lords to veto any bill introduced by a Minister of the Crown providing for the maximum duration of Parliament to be extended beyond 5 years.") | Declaratory. | ||
| BY THE LORD RANDALL OF ST BUDEAUX THE LORD NORTHBROOK | |||
| 62 | Insert the following new Clause-- | ||
| (" .--(1) There shall be a Commission on the Voting System in the House of Lords. (2) The Commission shall make recommendations on a system of weighted voting to be introduced into the House to ensure that the total number of votes eligible to be cast by members of that House belonging to the party or parties forming the Government shall be greater than the total number of votes eligible to be cast by members of that House belonging to the official opposition party. (3) The Commission shall report its recommendations before the end of the Session of Parliament in which this Act is passed. (4) Standing Orders of the House shall be made to give effect to the Commission's recommendations, and may provide that any vote cast by a member belonging to the party or parties forming the Government shall have a greater value than any vote cast by another member.") | Commission on the voting system in the House of Lords. | ||
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