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Amendment
No.

Clause 2

BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK
THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH
THE LORD GOODHART
THE LORD NEWBY

1      Page 1, line 8, leave out ("Standing Orders of the House") and insert ("subsection (2) of this section")

BY THE LORD CLIFFORD OF CHUDLEIGH

2*      Page 1, line 8, at end insert ("which have been laid in full before the House not later than one week before Third Reading in the House of Lords of the Bill for this Act.")

BY THE LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE

3      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 who, in the session of Parliament ending with that in which this Act is passed, attended a sitting of the House or of a committee of the House on not less than 6 of the days on which the House sat.")

BY THE LORD COLERAINE

4      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 only of peers who, in any of the three successive sessions of Parliament ending with that in which this Act is passed, attended a sitting of the House or of a committee of the House on not less than one-third of the days on which the House sat.")

5      Page 1, line 8, at end insert--

    ("(  )  Standing Orders of the House shall provide that the excepted hereditary peers shall consist of the following categories--
(a)  (i)  42 peers elected by the Conservative hereditary peers;

(ii)  5 peers elected by the Liberal Democrat hereditary peers; and

(iii)  28 peers elected by the Cross-bench hereditary peers;

(b)  15 peers, elected by the whole House, from among those ready to serve as Deputy Speakers or in any other office as the House may require; and

(c)  any peer holding the office of Earl Marshal as performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain.")

BY THE LORD LUCAS

6      Page 1, line 8, 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 TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

7*      Page 1, line 8, at end insert--

    ("(  )  No person shall be excepted from section 1 in accordance with this section if he has had conferred on him a peerage under the Life Peerage Act 1958 or has agreed to accept such a peerage.")

8*      Page 1, line 8, at end insert--

    ("(  )  Any person who is excepted from section 1 in accordance with this section and has conferred on him a peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958 or has agreed to accept such a peerage shall immediately cease to be so excepted.")

9*      Page 1, line 8, at end insert--

    ("(  )  No person shall be excepted from section 1 in accordance with this section unless--
(a)  he has been selected for exception in an election at which at least one-half of all voting peers voted for him to be excepted from section 1; or

(b)  he holds or performs for the time being the Office of Earl Marshal or the Lord Great Chamberlain.
    (  )  In this section "voting peer" means a peer who is (disregarding this section) or, where the Standing Orders are made in pursuance of subsection (4) below, will on the coming into force of section 1 be, disqualified from voting in the House of Lords by virtue of that section.")

BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK
THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH
THE LORD GOODHART
THE LORD NEWBY

10      Page 1, line 9, leave out subsection (2) and insert--

    ("(2)  Upon the coming into force of section 1, 75 persons shall be excepted from section 1 by or in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords, together with the holder of the Office of Earl Marshal and the person performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain.

    (2A)  No other persons shall at any time be excepted from section 1.")

BY THE LORD COLERAINE

11      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("no more than 90 people shall be excepted from section 1;") and insert ("45 people shall be excepted from section 1 with full voting rights and 135 people shall be so excepted with sitting but not voting rights;")

BY THE LORD VIVIAN

12      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("more than 90") and insert ("less than 172")

BY THE EARL OF DUNDEE
THE LORD GRAY

13      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("16 people domiciled in Scotland and no more than 90 other")

BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK
THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH
THE LORD GOODHART
THE LORD NEWBY

14      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("56")

BY THE LORD HOWIE OF TROON

15*      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("105")

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

16*      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("120")

BY THE LORD MONSON

17      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("140")

BY THE LORD CLIFFORD OF CHUDLEIGH

18*      Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("230")

BY THE LORD HOWIE OF TROON

19*      Page 1, line 9, after ("people") insert ("(including not less than 42 Conservative peers, not less than 10 Labour peers, not less than 10 Liberal Democrat peers and not less than 28 Cross Bench peers)")

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

20*      Page 1, line 10, after ("but") insert--
("(a)  Standing Orders shall ensure that a due proportion of those elected shall reflect the numbers of hereditary peers who are female and also those who are disabled, and may also make provision for ensuring that those elected represent so far as possible the interests and expertise of the hereditary peers; and

(b)")

BY THE DUKE OF MONTROSE

21*      Page 1, line 10, after ("Marshal") insert ("of England")

22*      Page 1, line 11, after ("Chamberlain") insert ("of England")

23      Page 1, line 11, after ("Chamberlain") insert ("or as holder of the office of Lord High Constable of Scotland")

BY THE EARL OF DUNDEE
THE LORD GRAY

24      Page 1, leave out line 12 and insert ("those limits")

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

25      Page 1, line 12, at end insert--

    ("(  )  The number of people counted towards the limit set out in subsection (2) shall not be less than 90 for any period exceeding 30 sitting days.")

BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK
THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH
THE LORD GOODHART
THE LORD NEWBY

26      Page 1, line 12, at end insert--

    ("(  )  If any persons are to be selected for exception under subsection (1) by reference to a connection with any group or political party, they shall be elected by all peers recognised as provided by Standing Orders as members of that group or party in the House of Lords, unless such peers resolve that the electorate shall consist only of hereditary peers recognised as such members.")

27      Page 1, line 12, at end insert--

    ("(  )  The persons excepted under this section shall include 15 persons who shall upon the coming into force of section 1 be excepted from that section in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords by a vote of the persons who were members of the House of Lords at a date (specified in Standing Orders) before that section came into force.

    (  )  Upon the death of any person excepted as provided in subsection (1) above, the number of persons who may be excepted as provided in subsection (2) above shall be reduced by one.")

BY THE EARL OF DUNDEE
THE LORD GRAY

28      Page 1, leave out line 14 and insert ("for a term of up to 7 years which shall expire on the day another person is excepted from that section by or in accordance with Standing Orders of the House.")

BY THE EARL OF DUDLEY

29      Page 1, line 14, leave out ("to the contrary") and insert ("for an elected second House of Parliament")

BY THE EARL OF ONSLOW
THE LORD LUCAS

30      Page 1, line 14, at end insert ("unless, by instrument of disclaimer delivered to the Lord Chancellor, he disclaims the right to sit and vote as a member of the House of Lords.

    (3A)  The holder of a peerage who exercises the right of disclaimer conferred by subsection (3) shall retain rights of access to, and use of, the House of Lords and any premises occupied by the House.

    (3B)  If the holder of a peerage exercises his right of disclaimer conferred by subsection (3), arrangements shall be put in hand to replace the vacancy created within twenty sitting days.")

BY THE LORD LUCAS

31      Page 1, line 14, at end insert--

    ("(  )  If at any time fewer than 90 people are excepted from section 1, arrangements shall be put in hand to bring the numbers up to 90 as soon as may be reasonably convenient.")

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

32      Page 1, line 17, at end insert--

    ("(  )  If a vacancy arises by reason of the death or disqualification of an elected hereditary peer excepted from section 1 the vacancy shall be filled--
(a)  until the end of the first Session of the Parliament after that in which this Act is passed, by the unsuccessful candidate who obtained the highest number of votes in the election at which the deceased or disqualified peer was elected; and

(b)  for any subsequent Session of Parliament, by the holding of a by-election conducted in accordance with provision made by virtue of this section.")

BY THE LORD LUCAS

33      Page 1, line 17, at end insert--

    ("(  )  This Act shall not come into force until the Standing Orders of the House required for the operation of this section have been made and approved.

    (  )  Approval of the Standing Orders shall require a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, except that if no such Standing Orders have been approved before the end of the present session of Parliament, the draft Standing Orders most recently laid before the House shall be deemed to have been approved.")

BY THE LORD TREFGARNE
THE EARL OF NORTHESK

34*      Page 1, line 17, at end insert--

    ("(  )  No person shall be excepted from section 1 unless the Standing Orders providing for his exception have been agreed by at least one-half of all those who are (disregarding this section) or, where the Standing Orders are made in pursuance of subsection (4) above, will on the coming into force of section 1 be, disqualified from voting in the House of Lords by virtue of that section.")

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

35      Page 1, line 19, leave out ("Clerk of the Parliaments, whose certificate") and insert ("Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, whose decision")

BY THE LORD PEARSON OF RANNOCH

     The Lord Pearson of Rannoch gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 2 stand part of the Bill.

© Parliamentary copyright 1999
Prepared 24 May 1999

	[Amendments marked are new or have been altered*]
Amendment No.
	Clause 2
	BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH THE LORD GOODHART THE LORD NEWBY
1	Page 1, line 8, leave out ("Standing Orders of the House") and insert ("subsection (2) of this section")
	BY THE LORD CLIFFORD OF CHUDLEIGH
2*	Page 1, line 8, at end insert ("which have been laid in full before the House not later than one week before Third Reading in the House of Lords of the Bill for this Act.")
	BY THE LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE
3	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 who, in the session of Parliament ending with that in which this Act is passed, attended a sitting of the House or of a committee of the House on not less than 6 of the days on which the House sat.")
	BY THE LORD COLERAINE
4	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 only of peers who, in any of the three successive sessions of Parliament ending with that in which this Act is passed, attended a sitting of the House or of a committee of the House on not less than one-third of the days on which the House sat.")
5	Page 1, line 8, at end insert-- ("( ) Standing Orders of the House shall provide that the excepted hereditary peers shall consist of the following categories-- (a) (i) 42 peers elected by the Conservative hereditary peers; (ii) 5 peers elected by the Liberal Democrat hereditary peers; and (iii) 28 peers elected by the Cross-bench hereditary peers; (b) 15 peers, elected by the whole House, from among those ready to serve as Deputy Speakers or in any other office as the House may require; and (c) any peer holding the office of Earl Marshal as performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain.")
	BY THE LORD LUCAS
6	Page 1, line 8, 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 TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
7*	Page 1, line 8, at end insert-- ("( ) No person shall be excepted from section 1 in accordance with this section if he has had conferred on him a peerage under the Life Peerage Act 1958 or has agreed to accept such a peerage.")
8*	Page 1, line 8, at end insert-- ("( ) Any person who is excepted from section 1 in accordance with this section and has conferred on him a peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958 or has agreed to accept such a peerage shall immediately cease to be so excepted.")
9*	Page 1, line 8, at end insert-- ("( ) No person shall be excepted from section 1 in accordance with this section unless-- (a) he has been selected for exception in an election at which at least one-half of all voting peers voted for him to be excepted from section 1; or (b) he holds or performs for the time being the Office of Earl Marshal or the Lord Great Chamberlain. ( ) In this section "voting peer" means a peer who is (disregarding this section) or, where the Standing Orders are made in pursuance of subsection (4) below, will on the coming into force of section 1 be, disqualified from voting in the House of Lords by virtue of that section.")
	BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH THE LORD GOODHART THE LORD NEWBY
10	Page 1, line 9, leave out subsection (2) and insert-- ("(2) Upon the coming into force of section 1, 75 persons shall be excepted from section 1 by or in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords, together with the holder of the Office of Earl Marshal and the person performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain. (2A) No other persons shall at any time be excepted from section 1.")
	BY THE LORD COLERAINE
11	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("no more than 90 people shall be excepted from section 1;") and insert ("45 people shall be excepted from section 1 with full voting rights and 135 people shall be so excepted with sitting but not voting rights;")
	BY THE LORD VIVIAN
12	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("more than 90") and insert ("less than 172")
	BY THE EARL OF DUNDEE THE LORD GRAY
13	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("16 people domiciled in Scotland and no more than 90 other")
	BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH THE LORD GOODHART THE LORD NEWBY
14	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("56")
	BY THE LORD HOWIE OF TROON
15*	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("105")
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
16*	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("120")
	BY THE LORD MONSON
17	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("140")
	BY THE LORD CLIFFORD OF CHUDLEIGH
18*	Page 1, line 9, leave out ("90") and insert ("230")
	BY THE LORD HOWIE OF TROON
19*	Page 1, line 9, after ("people") insert ("(including not less than 42 Conservative peers, not less than 10 Labour peers, not less than 10 Liberal Democrat peers and not less than 28 Cross Bench peers)")
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
20*	Page 1, line 10, after ("but") insert-- ("(a) Standing Orders shall ensure that a due proportion of those elected shall reflect the numbers of hereditary peers who are female and also those who are disabled, and may also make provision for ensuring that those elected represent so far as possible the interests and expertise of the hereditary peers; and (b)")
	BY THE DUKE OF MONTROSE
21*	Page 1, line 10, after ("Marshal") insert ("of England")
22*	Page 1, line 11, after ("Chamberlain") insert ("of England")
23	Page 1, line 11, after ("Chamberlain") insert ("or as holder of the office of Lord High Constable of Scotland")
	BY THE EARL OF DUNDEE THE LORD GRAY
24	Page 1, leave out line 12 and insert ("those limits")
	BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND
25	Page 1, line 12, at end insert-- ("( ) The number of people counted towards the limit set out in subsection (2) shall not be less than 90 for any period exceeding 30 sitting days.")
	BY THE LORD RODGERS OF QUARRY BANK THE LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH THE LORD GOODHART THE LORD NEWBY
26	Page 1, line 12, at end insert-- ("( ) If any persons are to be selected for exception under subsection (1) by reference to a connection with any group or political party, they shall be elected by all peers recognised as provided by Standing Orders as members of that group or party in the House of Lords, unless such peers resolve that the electorate shall consist only of hereditary peers recognised as such members.")
27	Page 1, line 12, at end insert-- ("( ) The persons excepted under this section shall include 15 persons who shall upon the coming into force of section 1 be excepted from that section in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords by a vote of the persons who were members of the House of Lords at a date (specified in Standing Orders) before that section came into force. ( ) Upon the death of any person excepted as provided in subsection (1) above, the number of persons who may be excepted as provided in subsection (2) above shall be reduced by one.")
	BY THE EARL OF DUNDEE THE LORD GRAY
28	Page 1, leave out line 14 and insert ("for a term of up to 7 years which shall expire on the day another person is excepted from that section by or in accordance with Standing Orders of the House.")
	BY THE EARL OF DUDLEY
29	Page 1, line 14, leave out ("to the contrary") and insert ("for an elected second House of Parliament")
	BY THE EARL OF ONSLOW THE LORD LUCAS
30	Page 1, line 14, at end insert ("unless, by instrument of disclaimer delivered to the Lord Chancellor, he disclaims the right to sit and vote as a member of the House of Lords. (3A) The holder of a peerage who exercises the right of disclaimer conferred by subsection (3) shall retain rights of access to, and use of, the House of Lords and any premises occupied by the House. (3B) If the holder of a peerage exercises his right of disclaimer conferred by subsection (3), arrangements shall be put in hand to replace the vacancy created within twenty sitting days.")
	BY THE LORD LUCAS
31	Page 1, line 14, at end insert-- ("( ) If at any time fewer than 90 people are excepted from section 1, arrangements shall be put in hand to bring the numbers up to 90 as soon as may be reasonably convenient.")
	BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND
32	Page 1, line 17, at end insert-- ("( ) If a vacancy arises by reason of the death or disqualification of an elected hereditary peer excepted from section 1 the vacancy shall be filled-- (a) until the end of the first Session of the Parliament after that in which this Act is passed, by the unsuccessful candidate who obtained the highest number of votes in the election at which the deceased or disqualified peer was elected; and (b) for any subsequent Session of Parliament, by the holding of a by-election conducted in accordance with provision made by virtue of this section.")
	BY THE LORD LUCAS
33	Page 1, line 17, at end insert-- ("( ) This Act shall not come into force until the Standing Orders of the House required for the operation of this section have been made and approved. ( ) Approval of the Standing Orders shall require a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, except that if no such Standing Orders have been approved before the end of the present session of Parliament, the draft Standing Orders most recently laid before the House shall be deemed to have been approved.")
	BY THE LORD TREFGARNE THE EARL OF NORTHESK
34*	Page 1, line 17, at end insert-- ("( ) No person shall be excepted from section 1 unless the Standing Orders providing for his exception have been agreed by at least one-half of all those who are (disregarding this section) or, where the Standing Orders are made in pursuance of subsection (4) above, will on the coming into force of section 1 be, disqualified from voting in the House of Lords by virtue of that section.")
	BY THE LORD STRATHCLYDE THE LORD MACKAY OF ARDBRECKNISH THE LORD MACKAY OF DRUMADOON THE LORD KINGSLAND
35	Page 1, line 19, leave out ("Clerk of the Parliaments, whose certificate") and insert ("Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, whose decision")
	BY THE LORD PEARSON OF RANNOCH
	The Lord Pearson of Rannoch gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 2 stand part of the Bill.