A Bill to remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords; to make provision about resignation from the House of Lords; to abolish the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary peerages; and for connected purposes.
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Tabled: 20 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages (2)
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert—
“(1A) No recommendation may be made to His Majesty to confer a life peerage except by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
(1B) No such recommendation may be made by the House of Lords Appointments Commission unless that Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 20 Feb 2025
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Review: changes to the composition of the House of Lords in the future
(1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, review the impact of this Act and any subsequent legislation which alters the composition of the House of Lords on the process by which changes are made in the future to—
(a) appointments to the House of Lords;
(b) the composition of the House of Lords.
(2) The Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament the report of the review within one year of the day on which this Act is passed.
(3) Thereafter, the Secretary of State must initiate a review of the subject matter in subsection (1) within the six months after any future General Election and must lay before each House of Parliament the report of the review within one year of the day on which the General Election took place.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Inglewood (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 28 Jan 2025
Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(e) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords Appointments Commission: episcopal writs
At the end of section 5 of the Bishoprics Act 1878 (the number of bishops sitting in Parliament not to be increased) insert—
“(2) The issuing of writs of summons under subsection (1) is subject to approval by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
(3) The approval of the issuing of a writ of summons under subsection (2) must be based on the outcome of propriety checks conducted by that Commission.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Berridge (Con - Life peer) - 05 Mar 2025
Tabled: 06 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-II Second marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Composition of the House: ministerial restriction
A person can only be a member of the House of Lords if they are not a Minister of the Crown.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Brady of Altrincham (Con - Life peer) - 06 Mar 2025
Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 31 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court
(1) Omit subsection (3) of section 137 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (parliamentary disqualification for holders of disqualifying judicial offices).
(2) On the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).
(3) When a person is appointed as President or Deputy President of the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) - 31 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would ensure the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court are granted life peerages.
Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 31 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Senior members of the judiciary
(1) On the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls and Lord President of the Court of Session be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).
(2) When a person is appointed to the position of Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls or Lord President of the Court of Session, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) - 31 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would ensure that the Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls and Lord President of the Court of Session are granted life peerages.
Tabled: 06 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-II Second marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords: elections by constituency
The Secretary of State must, within 6 months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for—
(a) a limit on membership of the House of Lords of 200,
(b) elections to be held for membership of the House of Lords one year after elections to the House of Commons,
(c) elections in paragraph (b) to use a first-past-the-post voting system, and
(d) elections in paragraph (b) to use geographical constituencies, determined by the boundary commissions.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Brady of Altrincham (Con - Life peer) - 06 Mar 2025
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to end the connection between the possession of a hereditary peerage and obtaining membership of the House of Lords.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 28 Jan 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In subsection (1), after “Session” insert “, and the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Director General of the Security Service, the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis, the Head of the Home Civil Service, the Head of the Diplomatic Service, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, and the Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment suggests other senior public servants who should be nominated for a peerage ex officio.
Tabled: 17 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 17 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Overview
This Act makes the House of Lords a second chamber whose membership is wholly nominated by the Prime Minister.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Caithness (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 17 Feb 2025
Tabled: 19 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III(d) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages to be nominated by party groups
On the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that—
(a) 46 individuals nominated by the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords,
(b) 33 individuals nominated by the House of Lords Appointment Commission to sit on the crossbenches,
(c) 4 individuals nominated by the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, and
(d) 4 individuals nominated by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party in the House of Lords
be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) - 19 Mar 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require the Prime Minister to give groups in Parliament the ability to nominate individuals to be appointed as life peers to replace the number of hereditary peers in their group. This could include reappointing some hereditary peers as life peers.
Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(e) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In subsection (1), after “Session” insert “, and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LD - Life peer) - 05 Mar 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is to ensure consistency across the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.
Tabled: 19 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III(d) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Review: Northern Ireland
Within 24 months of the day on which this Act comes into force, the Secretary of State must produce a report assessing the desirability of increased representation of Members from Northern Ireland in the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) - 19 Mar 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In subsection (2), after “Session” insert “, and the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Director General of the Security Service, the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis, the Head of the Home Civil Service, the Head of the Diplomatic Service, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, and the Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 4
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 06 Mar 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment suggests other senior public servants who should be nominated for a peerage ex officio.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Proposals for removing the Lords Spiritual
(1) The Secretary of State must, within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a paper setting out proposals to remove the membership of the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords.
(2) The paper must include, but is not limited to, proposals to—
(a) remove the Lords Spiritual from membership of the House of Lords,
(b) remove or replace the functions of the Lords Spiritual in the proceedings of the House of Lords, and
(c) lay provisions for consequential changes to legislation, standing orders and running of the House of Lords to be made following the removal of the Lords Spiritual.
(3) Nothing in the proposals may prevent a person who is, or has been, a bishop or Archbishop of the Church of England from receiving, and exercising the entitlements under, a peerage for life in accordance with section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 16 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 16 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 2, page 1, line 8, at end insert—
“(3) Claims to hereditary peerages shall hereafter be determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (pursuant to section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833) and in exercising such jurisdiction the Judicial Committee must have regard to principles of gender equality.
(4) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council must publish a statement every five years stating how they have had regard to principles of gender equality under subsection (3).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 16 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
In the light of the fact that hereditary peerages often pass to eldest sons, this amendment seeks to ensure that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, when exercising its jurisdiction to determine peerage claims, does so in a manner that is not gender discriminatory to the extent that it is able, and reports regularly as to its success in achieving this.
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
Clause 2, page 1, line 8, at end insert—
“(3) Claims to hereditary peerages shall hereafter be determined by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III Third marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
In subsection (1), after “Session” insert “, and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LD - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is to ensure consistency across the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.
Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(e) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In subsection (2), after “Session” insert “, or the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LD - Life peer) - 05 Mar 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is to ensure consistency across the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.
Tabled: 17 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 17 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 2, page 1, line 8, at end insert—
“(3) Any peerage claim is to be made to His Majesty in Council.
(4) A claim under this section must be made in accordance with such rules as His Majesty may by Order in Council prescribe.
(5) Section 3 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833 (reference to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of appeals to His Majesty in Council) applies to a claim under this section as it applies to an appeal to His Majesty in Council from a court.
(6) The Judicial Committee may require an applicant to give such security for the costs of the proceedings as the Judicial Committee may direct.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) - 17 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to clarify the future of claims to a hereditary peerage as originally drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for the House of Lords Reform Bill 2012.
Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 31 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Lord Chancellor
In the case of any person who holds the office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain who is not currently a member of the House of Lords, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) - 31 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would ensure that the Lord Chancellor is a member of the House of Lords, as was the case for over two centuries leading up to the passage of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert—
“(A1) In section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exclusion of hereditary peers), at end insert “, except for a child or grandchild of the Sovereign”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This probing amendment invites the House to consider the role of the hereditary principle within Parliament and our constitution in the context of membership of the House of Lords.
Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
At end insert—
“(7) The Judicial Committee must seek the advice of and evidence from Garter King of Arms (for England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the Lord Lyon (for Scotland) when determining peerage claims under this section.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 21 Mar 2025
Tabled: 16 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 16 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Report: principles of gender equality
(1) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council must, within six months of the day on which this Act is commenced, undertake a consultation on how principles of gender equality should be applied when determining hereditary peerage claims which were formerly determined by the House of Lords.
(2) The Committee must publish a report following the conclusion of the consultation which must address—
(a) the expectations of existing heirs;
(b) heirs born to unmarried parents;
(c) families with adopted children.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 16 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
In the light of the fact that hereditary peerages often pass to eldest sons, this amendment requires that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council must, within six months of the commencement of this Act, consult on how principles of gender equality should be applied when determining hereditary peerage claims.
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert—
“(A1) In section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exclusion of hereditary peers), at end insert “, except for the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 28 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would retain the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain as members of the House of Lords with the right to sit and vote.
Tabled: 03 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 3 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Appointments to the House of Lords: women
(1) This section applies where—
(a) a recommendation for a life peerage is made to His Majesty the King after the day on which this Act comes into force, and
(b) at the time the recommendation is made, there are more male than female members of the House of Lords.
(2) Recommendations by the Prime Minister to His Majesty the King for the granting of life peerages under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) must be comprised entirely of women.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con - Life peer) - 03 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require all new appointments to the House of Lords to be women until there are an equal number of men and women with membership of the House of Lords, to probe the benefits of having more female peers in the House of Lords.
Tabled: 11 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 - Running list of amendments - 11 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of composition of the House of Lords
(1) The Prime Minister must, within one year of the day on which this Act is passed, request the House of Lords to review the composition of the House of Lords.
(2) The Prime Minister must, as part of the request under subsection (1), request the House to suggest recommendations for changes to its composition with the aim of improving—
(a) the efficacy of scrutiny of legislation and policy in the House, and
(b) public participation in the work of the House.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 11 Feb 2025
Tabled: 13 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords Appointments Commission
(1) There is to be a body corporate known as the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC).
(2) HOLAC must consist of seven members, each of whom will be appointed for no more than five years, consisting of the following—
(a) one Chair, who will be appointed by His Majesty on the recommendation of the Prime Minister following a process of fair and open competition based on that for significant appointments as set out in the Public Appointments Code,
(b) three independent Commissioners appointed by the Prime Minister following a process of fair and open competition, and
(c) three political members appointed respectively by the three largest political parties in the House of Lords.
(3) The functions of HOLAC will be—
(a) to select and nominate suitable people to sit on the crossbenches in the House of Lords, and
(b) to advise the Prime Minister about the probity and suitability of all people nominated to sit in the House of Lords, including those nominated by the political parties.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) - 13 Feb 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert—
“(A1) In section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exclusion of hereditary peers), at end insert “except for peers who are members of the House of Lords on the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 is passed and who are currently serving or have previously served as—
(a) a Minister of the Crown,
(b) a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords,
(c) a Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, or
(d) a Chair of a House of Lords or joint select committee.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Soames of Fletching (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would retain hereditary peers who have served the House of Lords as ministers, Deputy Speakers, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, or Chairs of committees.
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 17 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Review: impact of this Act on the effectiveness of the House of Lords
Within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State must publish a report on the impact of this Act on the effectiveness of the House of Lords at discharging its core functions.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 17 Dec 2024
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Review
Within 12 months of the day on which this Act comes into force, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament the report of a review detailing the effect of this Act on—
(a) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and—
(i) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive,
(ii) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly,
(iii) local authorities in England,
(b) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides,
(c) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament,
(d) the example that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 30 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to place a duty on the Secretary of State to produce a report on the effect of the provisions of the Bill.
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause—
“By-elections and life peerages for hereditary peer vacancies
(1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception to exclusion of hereditary peers from membership of House of Lords) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2), after “time” insert “no more than”.
(3) For subsection (4), substitute—
“(4) In any case where a person excepted from section 1 dies or ceases to be a member of the House of Lords, an election must be held in which anyone on the register of electors anywhere in the United Kingdom may stand, and in which all members of the House of Lords may vote.
(4A) Any person selected as a result of an election held under subsection (4) must be recommended by the Prime Minister for a life peerage.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 12 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to probe whether hereditary peer vacancies could be filled by members of the public who would be elected by members of the House and recommended to the Prime Minister for a life peerage.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn] Political affiliation Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college The governing party 37.5% The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons 37.5% Other political parties represented in the House of Commons 25.0%
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords
(1) Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for—
(a) conferring power on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment, as crossbench peers, of one third of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual,
(b) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment of faith representatives when discharging their power under paragraph (a),
(c) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to consult with the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, on an ongoing basis, when discharging their power under paragraph (a),
(d) an electoral college to indirectly elect two thirds of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual,
(e) ensuring that elections under paragraph (d) are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency, including placing a duty on a Secretary of State to uphold the integrity, fairness and transparency of the elections, and establishing an independent advisor to support the Secretary of State in discharging that duty,
(f) providing that when life peers (who were appointed before the commencement of the Act arising from the draft Bill) die or leave the House, they are replaced, on the basis of two deceased or departed life peers being replaced by one new member, by members appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission (in one third of cases) and elected by the electoral college (in two thirds of cases), until all the members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual have been so appointed or elected,
(g) the membership of the House of Lords to be capped at 620, from the point at which all members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual are appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission or elected by the electoral college,
(h) a retirement age of 90 for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual,
(i) a term limit of 15 years for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, beginning from the point at which the relevant provision comes into force,
(j) reducing the number of Lords Spiritual who are members of the House of Lords to 20,
(k) only some peerages to confer membership of the House of Lords.
(2) The proposal for an electoral college must include the following membership—
(a) some members of the House of Commons,
(b) some members of the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly,
(c) some members of local authority councils,
(d) some mayors of combined authorities,
(e) some members of the Greater London Assembly,
(f) such other persons and representatives of such bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3) The proposal for an electoral college must include a method of election consisting of a quota system, according to the proportions in the following table—
Political affiliation
Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college
(4) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.
(5) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must have regard to the effect of the proposals on—
(a) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and—
(i) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive,
(ii) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly,
(iii) local authorities in England,
(b) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides,
(c) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament,
(d) the examples that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 5
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 30 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This would require a draft Bill providing for further reforms, including an electoral college to elect two thirds (or 400 out of 600) of the temporal members of the House. The Appointments Commission appointing crossbench peers as one third (or 200 out of 600) of the temporal members of the House, together with the proportions elected by the electoral college, would result in a House (other than the 20 Lords Spiritual) comprising: approximately 33% crossbench peers (200 members), 25% Government peers (150), 25% Opposition peers (150), and approximately 17% from other political parties (100).
Tabled: 11 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 - Running list of amendments - 11 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Participation level ensuring membership of the House of Lords
(1) Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must establish a cross-party commission composed of members of the House of Lords.
(2) Within two months of the day on which the commission is formed under subsection (1), the commission must publish a request for proposals for—
(a) how members’ participation in the House of Lords should be defined, and
(b) a minimum participation level which would ensure continued membership of the House.
(3) Within six months of the formation of the commission under subsection (1), the commission must use the responses received under subsection (2) and its own deliberations to publish—
(a) a definition of participation for members of the House of Lords, which takes members’ contributions to different types of business in the House into account, as well as their attendance,
(b) a specific minimum participation level which ensures continued membership of the House of Lords,
(c) a metric, or group of metrics, for assessing members’ participation for the purposes of paragraph (b),
(d) the processes and responsible individuals which are required for reviewing participation and dismissing members of the House of Lords due to insufficient participation, and
(e) specific recommendations for formalising the definition, level, metrics, processes and individuals set out in paragraphs (a) to (d).
(4) When publishing its findings under subsection (3), the commission must have regard to previous recommendations concerning the reduction of the size of the House of Lords.
(5) The Secretary of State must lay the findings published under subsection (3) before the House of Lords.
(6) Within six months of the publication of findings under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must publish a draft Bill containing provision to implement the recommendations of the commission.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 11 Feb 2025
Tabled: 13 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Non-attendance
In section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (non-attendance)—
(a) in subsection (1), after the second “Lords”, insert “for 10% or more of sitting days”;
(b) in subsection (2), after “Lords”, insert “for 10% or more of sitting days”;
(c) in subsection (2)(a), leave out “at no time during the Session attended the House” and insert “attended the House for fewer than 10% of sitting days during the Session”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment will ensure that Peers would be required to sit at a minimum for more than 10% of the House's sitting days in order to maintain their membership of this House.
Tabled: 15 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 15 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of and consultation on appropriateness of name of House
The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report based on a public consultation on the implications of the provisions in this Act for the appropriateness of the name of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 15 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment invites consideration of the suitability of the name “House of Lords” after the removal of the Hereditary Peers from Parliament.
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 17 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause—
“Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers
(1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) No more than 89 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1.”
(3) For subsection (4) substitute—
“(4) Any vacancy resulting from the death, retirement, resignation or expulsion of an excepted person under subsection (2) after the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 comes into force is not to be filled by further exception.””
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 17 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
The purpose of the amendment is to prevent any more hereditary peers coming to the House of Lords by virtue of the 1999 Act in future. However, it allows peers who are already serving the House to remain as members for life in the same way as is allowed to all other Lords Temporal.
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 17 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert—
“(2A) This section and section (Review: impact of this Act on the effectiveness of the House of Lords) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 17 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement
In section 1(2)(b) of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages), after “accordingly”, insert “until the age of 80, or the tenth anniversary of their introduction to the House, whichever is the later”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment will ensure that Peers would be required to retire either at the age of 80 years, or after 10 years of membership, whichever is later. This will allow members that join after the age of 70 to sit for at least a decade.
Tabled: 13 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Expiry of right to receive writ of summons
(1) The Life Peerages Act 1958 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1(2)(b) omit “subsection (4)” and insert “subsections (4) and (5).”
(3) After subsection (4) insert—
“(5) For peerages granted after 31 December 2025 the right to receive a writ of summons expires on the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of the person holding the peerage in to the House of Lords.”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Viscount Thurso (LD - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment introduced a term limit for peerages created after 31 December 2025 by limiting the right to receive a writ of summons to 20 years. It has no effect on existing peerages.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert—
“(2A) This section, section (House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages), section (House of Lords Appointment Commission: statutory basis), section (Future composition of the House of Lords (statutory appointments commission)), section (Future composition of the House of Lords (electoral college)), section (Future composition of the House of Lords (peerages conferring membership of the House)), section (Future composition of the House of Lords (transitional arrangements)), section (Future composition of the House of Lords (Lords Spiritual)), section (Future composition of the House of Lords (consultation and regard for effect)), section (Future composition of the House of Lords (retirement age)), and section (Review) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 30 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to commence sections inserted by other amendments in the name of the Earl of Dundee on the day on which the Act is passed.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Sections 1 to 3 of this Act do not come into force until the people of the United Kingdom have approved their coming into force in a referendum conducted in accordance with the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 17 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 17 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Ministerial members
(1) In each Parliament, a limited number of persons may be appointed as temporary ministerial members of the House of Lords.
(2) Appointments are to be made by His Majesty the King on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
(3) A recommendation may be made only for the purpose of facilitating the performance by the recommended person of that person’s functions as a Minister of the Crown.
(4) An appointment may be made only at a time when there are fewer than 8 ministerial members appointed to the Parliament by the current Prime Minister who are Ministers of the Crown.
(5) Any person appointed as a ministerial member of the House of Lords ceases to be a member of the House of Lords when they stop serving as a Minister of the Crown.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Con - Life peer) - 17 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to allow temporary appointments to the House of Lords for serving Ministers of the Crown.
Tabled: 25 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 25 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Supreme Court Justices
(1) Omit section 137(3) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (parliamentary disqualification for holders of disqualifying judicial offices).
(2) On the day on which this Act comes into force, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that all current Justices of the Supreme Court who do not already have a life peerage be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).
(3) When a person is appointed a Supreme Court Justice in future, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Banner (Con - Life peer) - 25 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would ensure that all Supreme Court Justices are granted life peerages and are not prevented from sitting or voting in the House of Lords while holding judicial office.
Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 5 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Sections 1 to 3 of this Act do not come into force until a Constitutional Conference between the House of Lords and the House of Commons has been convoked for at least six months following its first meeting (unless it can agree recommendations earlier) to consider the composition of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con - Life peer) - 05 Feb 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement from the House of Lords
In section 1(2)(b) of the House of Lords Act 2014, after “peer”, insert “or a person holding a lasting power of attorney for that peer”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment allows for a person holding a lasting power of attorney for a peer to sign on their behalf when notifying the Clerk of the Parliaments of the peer’s retirement.
Tabled: 03 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(c) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Sections 1 to 3 of this Act do not come into force until a Royal Commission has been established to consider the impact of this Act on—
(a) the governance of the United Kingdom,
(b) the role of the House of Lords, and
(c) the continuing value of a bicameral legislature,
and that Royal Commission has published its report.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) - 03 Mar 2025
Tabled: 03 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(c) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Sections 1 to 3 do not come into force until the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a draft Bill containing proposals for—
(a) a Commission to advise the Prime Minister on recommendations to the Crown for the creation of life peerages, and
(b) principles to be followed in making recommendations for life peerages.
(5) Accordingly, any writ of summons issued for the present Parliament in right of a hereditary peerage is of no effect after that date.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Norton of Louth (Con - Life peer) - 03 Mar 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of appropriateness of an unelected House
The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a review of the implications of the provisions in this Act for the continued presence of a House composed of only appointed members and Bishops.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This new clause requires the Secretary of State to promptly review the appropriateness of an unelected chamber.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Timeline for the next stage of reform of the House of Lords
The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, set out a timetable outlining additional reforms to the composition of the House of Lords during the Parliament in which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This new clause requires the Secretary of State to promptly publish the next stages of reform to the House of Lords.
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III Third marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section and sections 1 to 3 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Section (Retirement from the House of Lords at 80) comes into force on the day specified in a motion for resolution of the House of Lords.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III Third marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section and sections 1 to 3 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Section (Retirement from the House of Lords at 90) comes into force on the day specified in a motion for resolution of the House of Lords.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Proposals for a new electoral model for the House of Lords
(1) The Secretary of State must, within one year of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before each House of Parliament a consultation paper setting out a new electoral model, based on a single transferable vote system by which members of the House of Lords are elected.
(2) Within six months of laying the consultation paper under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult on the matters covered in that paper with—
(a) each party and group in the House of Lords,
(b) each political party represented in the House of Commons,
(c) the Welsh Government,
(d) the Scottish Government,
(e) the Northern Ireland Executive,
(f) local authorities in the United Kingdom,
(g) representative organisations for local authorities in the United Kingdom, and
(h) such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3) Within twelve months of consulting with those outlined in subsection (2), the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing—
(a) legislative proposals for a new electoral model for membership of the House of Lords, and
(b) proposals for re-naming the House of Lords to reflect the new composition.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This new clause would require the Secretary of State to set out proposals for a new electoral model for the House of Lords to result in the democratic representation of the people across the United Kingdom.
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Attendance requirement of 20%
A member of the House of Lords who attended fewer than 20% of possible sittings in the 2019–2024 Parliament must retire from the House of Lords within two months of the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
Alongside other amendments in the name of Lord Blencathra, this amendment has been tabled to permit the House to vote on three options for requiring peers who have made little recent contribution to the work of the House to retire. According to analysis of Library figures, requiring a minimum attendance of 20% of sittings between 2019 and 2024 could remove 154 peers.
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Attendance requirement of 15%
A member of the House of Lords who attended fewer than 15% of possible sittings in the 2019–2024 Parliament must retire from the House of Lords within two months of the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
Alongside other amendments in the name of Lord Blencathra, this amendment has been tabled to permit the House to vote on three options for requiring peers who have made little recent contribution to the work of the House to retire. According to analysis of Library figures, requiring a minimum attendance of 15% of sittings between 2019 and 2024 could remove 118 peers.
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III Third marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section and sections 1 to 3 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Section (Attendance requirement of 20%) comes into force on the day specified in a motion for resolution of the House of Lords.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Term limits
Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for a term limit not exceeding ten years for members of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This new clause requires the Secretary of State to publish a draft Bill containing a term limit not exceeding ten years for members of the House of Lords.
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III Third marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section and sections 1 to 3 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Section (Attendance requirement of 15%) comes into force on the day specified in a motion for resolution of the House of Lords.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords (statutory appointments commission)
Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for—
(a) conferring power on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment, as crossbench peers, of one third of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, and
(b) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to consult with—
(i) the Leader of the House of Lords,
(ii) the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords,
(iii) the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords, and
(iv) the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers,
on an ongoing basis, when discharging their power under paragraph (a).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is connected with others in the name of the Earl of Dundee which provide for further reform of the House. It would require a draft Bill providing for an Appointments Commission appointing crossbench peers as one third of the temporal members of the House.
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Attendance requirement of 10%
A member of the House of Lords who attended fewer than 10% of possible sittings in the 2019–2024 Parliament must retire from the House of Lords within two months of the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
Alongside other amendments in the name of Lord Blencathra, this amendment has been tabled to permit the House to vote on three options for requiring peers who have made little recent contribution to the work of the House to retire. According to analysis of Library figures, requiring a minimum attendance of 10% of sittings between 2019 and 2024 could remove 70 peers.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords participation requirement
(1) Standing Orders may make provision for a member to cease to be a member of the House of Lords if they have not met a reasonable level of participation based on requirements other than attendance.
(2) A peer who does not meet the level of participation required may be notified and given six months to do so before the provision set out in subsection (1) takes effect.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), “participation” includes—
(a) speaking in the Chamber and Grand Committee;
(b) serving on committees of the House;
(c) asking oral questions;
(d) tabling written questions;
(e) participating as an official delegate in international organisations;
(f) any other activity which the Committee considers to be participation in the work of the House.
(4) The House of Lords may appoint a committee to consider and approve revisions to the Standing Orders to give effect to subsection (1).”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is intended to ensure that members who attend but then say or do little or nothing are removed from the House.
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— Political affiliation Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college The governing party 37.5% The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons 37.5% Other political parties represented in the House of Commons 25%
“Future composition of the House of Lords (electoral college)
(1) Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for—
(a) an electoral college to indirectly elect two thirds of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, and
(b) ensuring that elections under paragraph (a) are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency, including placing a duty on a Secretary of State to uphold the integrity, fairness and transparency of the elections, and establishing an independent advisor to support the Secretary of State in discharging that duty.
(2) The proposal for an electoral college must include the following membership—
(a) some members of the House of Commons,
(b) some members of the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly,
(c) some members of local authority councils,
(d) some mayors of combined authorities,
(e) some members of the Greater London Assembly, and
(f) such other persons and representatives of such bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3) The proposal for an electoral college must include a method of election consisting of a quota system, according to the proportions in the following table—
”
Political affiliation
Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is connected with others in the name of the Earl of Dundee which provide for further reform of the House. It would require a draft Bill providing for an electoral college to elect two thirds of the temporal members of the House.
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III Third marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section and sections 1 to 3 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Section (Attendance requirement of 10%) comes into force on the day specified in a motion for resolution of the House of Lords.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III Third marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section and sections 1 to 3 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Section (Retirement from the House of Lords at 85) comes into force on the day specified in a motion for resolution of the House of Lords.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords (peerages conferring membership of the House)
Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for only some peerages to confer membership of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is connected with others in the name of the Earl of Dundee which provide for further reform of the House. It would require a draft Bill providing for only some peerages to confer membership of the House of Lords, meaning non-parliamentary peerages could be created.
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Removal of peers with a criminal conviction
Any peer convicted of a criminal offence on indictment ceases to be a member of the House of Lords within seven days of the conviction, or the loss of appeal if the peer appeals the conviction.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment intends to ensure that peers who have committed a serious offence are removed from the House, using an indictable offence to provide a clear threshold.
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 17 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Legislating for changes to the composition of the House of Lords
(1) Where a resolution of the House of Lords establishes or changes—
(a) the age at which peers must retire,
(b) a minimum attendance requirement,
(c) a participation requirement, or
(d) a type of criminal conviction which results in expulsion from the House,
a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (2).
(2) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (1) (a “relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend this Act in order to translate the relevant resolution into statute.
(3) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration.
(4) The relevant Ministers are the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader of the House of Commons, by whatever titles they are then known.
(5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 17 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to establish changes regarding the composition of the House in law, while allowing the House flexibility to change them.
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After inserted subsection (1A), insert—
“(1B) No such recommendation may be made by the House of Lords Appointments Commission unless that Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords (transitional arrangements)
Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for—
(a) providing that when life peers (who were appointed before the commencement of the Acts arising from the draft Bills provided for in sections (Future composition of the House of Lords (statutory appointments commission)), (Future composition of the House of Lords (electoral college)) die or leave the House, they are replaced, on the basis of two deceased or departed life peers being replaced by one new member, by members appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission (in one third of cases) and elected by the electoral college (in two thirds of cases), until all the members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual have been so appointed or elected;
(b) the membership of the House of Lords to be capped at 620, from the point at which all members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual are appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission or elected by the electoral college;
(c) a term limit of 15 years for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, beginning from the point at which the relevant provision comes into force.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is connected with others in the name of the Earl of Dundee which provide for further reform of the House. It would require a draft Bill providing for the membership of the House to be capped at 620, a term limit of 15 years and transitional arrangements for implementing an electoral college and statutory appointments commission.
Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—
“(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Sections 1 to 3 of this Act do not come into force until the people of the United Kingdom have, in a referendum conducted in accordance with the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, expressed their view on the principle of—
(a) a fully elected House of Lords,
(b) a fully appointed House of Lords, and
(c) the retention of 26 Bishops in the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 21 Mar 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords (Lords Spiritual)
Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for reducing the number of Lords Spiritual who are members of the House of Lords to 20.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is connected with others in the name of the Earl of Dundee which provide for further reform of the House. It would require a draft Bill providing for reducing the number of Lords Spiritual who are members of the House of Lords to 20.
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 17 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, at beginning insert “The rest of”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 17 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Lords Spiritual
(1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords.
(2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England.
(3) No bishop may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment reduces the number of bishops sitting in the House of Lords from 26 to five.
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 17 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Lords Spiritual and faith representatives
(1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords.
(2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England.
(3) There must be five other faith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely—
(a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church,
(b) a representative of the Methodist Church,
(c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi,
(d) a Muslim cleric nominated by the Home Office, and
(e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group.
(4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old.
(5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section, a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (6).
(6) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (5) (a “relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subsections (1) to (3) of this section accordingly.
(7) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration.
(8) The relevant Ministers are the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader of the House of Commons, by whatever titles they are then known.
(9) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 17 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment reduces the number of bishops sitting in the House of Lords and requires the inclusion of other faith representatives.
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “force” to “which” and insert “on the day on”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords (consultation and regard for effect)
In preparing the draft Bills under sections (Future composition of the House of Lords (statutory appointments commission)), (Future composition of the House of Lords (electoral college)), (Future composition of the House of Lords (peerages conferring membership of the House)), (Future composition of the House of Lords (transitional arrangements)), (Future composition of the House of Lords (Lords Spiritual)), (Future composition of the House of Lords (retirement age)) the Secretary of State must—
(a) consult—
(i) the Leader of the House of Lords,
(ii) the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords,
(iii) the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords, and
(iv) the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers;
(b) have regard to the effect of the proposals on—
(i) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and—
(A) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive,
(B) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and
(C) local authorities in England,
(ii) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides,
(iii) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament, and
(iv) the example that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment, connected with others in the name of the Earl of Dundee, would confer duties on the Secretary of State to consult with political leaders in the Lords when preparing the draft Bills provided for in his other amendments and to have regard to the effect of these proposals on four different areas, including inter-government relations and the example that the UK Parliament sets to the rest of the world.
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords (retirement age)
Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for a retirement age of 90 for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is connected with others in the name of the Earl of Dundee which provide for further reform of the House. It would require a draft Bill providing for a retirement age of 90 for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual.
Tabled: 20 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “force” to end of line 19 and insert “on the day after the Secretary of State has—
(a) issued a document for public consultation containing proposals for ensuring the membership of the House of Lords is more representative of the regions and nations, and
(b) published a draft Bill giving effect to those changes.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) - 20 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment makes the commencement of the Bill subject to the prior issuance of a consultation document and draft legislation on the representation of the regions and nations in the House of Lords. It makes subsection (4) otiose.
Tabled: 16 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 16 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Rights of life peers to sit in the House of Lords
(1) Section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) is amended as follows.
(2) At the end of subsection (1) insert “, and, as the case may be, the incidents specified in subsection (2A) of this section”.
(3) Omit from “and” in subsection (2)(a) to the end of subsection (2)(b).
(4) After subsection (2), insert—
“(2A) A peerage conferred under this section may, if the letters patent so state, during the life of the person on whom it is conferred, entitle him, subject to subsection (4) of this section, to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords and sit and vote therein accordingly, and shall expire on his death.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 16 Dec 2024
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 17 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“No majority for one party in the House of Lords
After section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958, insert—
“1A No majority for one party in the House of Lords
(1) An appointment may not be made to the House of Lords if it would have the effect of taking the total number of peers from parties forming part of the Government to more than 40% of the total members of that House.
(2) If at any time the number of peers from parties forming part of the Government exceeds 40% of the total members of the House of Lords, no appointments to the parties forming part of the Government may be made until that number is reduced below 40% either by resignation, new appointments or leave of absence.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 17 Dec 2024
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out “Session of”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 18 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would remove Exempted Hereditary peers over a longer timescale, to permit the House to benefit from their input while giving them more time to seek alternative employment.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Further reform of the composition of the House of Lords
Within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for further reform of the composition of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Duke of Wellington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require the Government to lay before Parliament a further bill to reform the House of Lords after the removal of hereditary peers.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out “Session of” and insert “second Parliament after the”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to delay the implementation of the Act until this and the next Parliament have had the opportunity to consider the most effective form of bicameral working.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Restriction on nominating new life peers
(1) During any period in which the membership of the House of Lords exceeds the membership of the House of Commons, the number of recommendations made to His Majesty for the granting of new life peerages under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) must not exceed one new peer for every two who leave the House through retirement or death.
(2) Once the membership of the House of Lords is equal to or less than the membership of the House of Commons, recommendations made to His Majesty for the granting of new life peerages under section 1 of that Act must not be such that they would cause the membership of the House of Lords to exceed the membership of the House of Commons.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Burns (XB - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Declaration of minimum attendance
For section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (non-attendance), substitute—
“2 Commitment to attend a minimum number of days
(1) At the start of each Session of Parliament, a member of the House of Lords who is a peer must sign a declaration of intent to attend more than a certain proportion of sitting days during that Session.
(2) The proportion of sitting days in subsection (1) is to be determined by standing orders.
(3) A member of the House of Lords who is a peer who does not attend for as many days as in the declaration of intent, ceases to be a member of the House at the beginning of the following Session.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a peer in respect of attendance during a Session if—
(a) the peer was disqualified from sitting or voting in the House, or suspended from its service, for the whole or a substantial proportion of the Session, or
(b) the House resolves that subsection (3) should not apply to the peer by reason of special circumstances.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 18 Dec 2024
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Declaration of minimum participation
After section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (non-attendance), insert—
“2A Commitment to participate in committees of the House
(1) At the start of each Session of Parliament, a member of the House of Lords who is a peer must sign a declaration of intent to participate actively in committees of the House during that Session.
(2) The definition of ‘participate actively’ in subsection (1) is to be determined by standing orders.
(3) Committees includes—
(a) select committees;
(b) domestic committees;
(c) Committee of the Whole House;
(d) Grand Committee when sitting for committee stage of a bill.
(4) At the end of each Session the House must publish the statistics of each peer’s participation in committees of the House.
(5) A member of the House of Lords who is a peer whose participation in committees of the House falls below the level in the declaration of intent, ceases to be a member of the House at the beginning of the following Session.
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to a peer in respect of attendance during a Session if—
(a) the peer was disqualified from sitting or voting in the House, or suspended from its service, for the whole or a substantial proportion of the Session, or
(b) the House resolves that subsection (5) should not apply to the peer by reason of special circumstances.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 18 Dec 2024
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, after “Parliament”, insert “after the Session”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) - 12 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
The purpose of the amendment is to postpone implementation of the Act.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert—
“(1A) No recommendation may be made to His Majesty to confer a life peerage except by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 30 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to ensure that life peerages can only be conferred by the King on the advice of the House of Lords Appointments Commission and not of the Prime Minister. (NB If future legislation created an electoral college to elect some members of the House of Lords, it would need to amend this provision.)
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerage recommendations: restriction
(1) The Prime Minister must not make a recommendation to His Majesty to confer a life peerage on an individual excluded from membership of the House of Lords by virtue of this Act, unless the condition in subsection (2) is satisfied.
(2) The condition referred to in subsection (1) is that any such recommendation to His Majesty to confer a life peerage is made for all individuals excluded from membership of the House by virtue of this Act.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to ensure that life peerages cannot be conferred on excluded Members unless all excluded Members receive a life peerage.
Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “Parliament” to end of line 19, and insert “that the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.
(4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (3) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) - 11 Mar 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to propose further reforms to the composition of the House of Lords
The Secretary of State must, within 18 months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for—
(a) limits to the size of the House of Lords,
(b) introducing an age of retirement for Members of the House of Lords, and
(c) electing a proportion of the membership of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Fowler (XB - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— Political affiliation Number of Commissioners The governing party 5 The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Lords 5 Independent, unaffiliated or non-party 7 The party of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords 3
“House of Lords Appointment Commission: statutory basis
(1) There is to be a body corporate known as the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
(2) The object of the Commission is to make recommendations to the Crown for the creation of peerages conferring membership of the House of Lords under the Life Peerages Act 1958.
(3) The Commission shall consist of 20 members (“Commissioners”), including a Chair, to be appointed by the Prime Minister.
(4) The Prime Minister must consult the following individuals before appointing Commissioners—
(a) the Leader of the House of Lords,
(b) the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords,
(c) the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords, and
(d) the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.
(5) The Commissioners must be appointed with regard to their political affiliation, ensuring that they represent the different political groups in the House of Lords, according to the numbers specified in this table—
Political affiliation
Number of Commissioners
(6) The Chair of the Commission must be independent of any registered political party.
(7) Commissioners may serve for a non-renewable term of seven years.
(8) The Commission must appoint a chief executive.
(9) The Commission may appoint other staff.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 22 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to establish the House of Lords Appointments Commission on a statutory basis and specify the political affiliation of its Commissioners.
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, leave out “this Act is passed” and insert “the Secretary of State has published a draft Bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform.
(3A) A “draft Bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform” is a draft Bill which includes proposals which —
(a) introduce a mandatory retirement age for members of the House of Lords;
(b) introduce term limits not exceeding 15 years for life peers;
(c) change the process of appointment of members of the House of Lords, so as to limit the discretion of the Prime Minister and of the leaders of any political party to secure the appointment of persons to sit and vote in the House of Lords;
(d) introduce minimum participation requirements for continued membership of the House of Lords;
(e) remove the automatic right of bishops to sit and vote in the House of Lords;
(f) reduce the number of members entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords to fewer than 600 by the dissolution of the Parliament in which any Act arising from the draft Bill would be passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (No. 2)
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert—
“(1A) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has written to the Prime Minister to recommend that a peerage should not be conferred on that person.
(1B) The House of Lords Appointments Commission shall not write a letter of the kind referred to in subsection (1A) unless it has given to the person concerned a detailed summary of the reasons why the Commission is minded to write such a letter, and has afforded to that person an opportunity to make written and oral representations to the Commission.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, leave out “this Act is passed” and insert “the Secretary of State has published a draft Bill with proposals to implement the remaining changes recommended in paragraphs 33 to 38 of the Executive Summary of the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Minimum age
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(3), insert—
“(3A) A life peerage may be conferred under this section on a person over the age of sixteen.””
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to lower the minimum age in the House of Lords from 21 to 16, in line with the Government’s policy to give 16 year-olds the right to vote for, and stand for election to, the House of Commons.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Former Members of the House of Commons and special advisers
The Prime Minister must not make a recommendation to His Majesty for the granting of a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) to any former Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, or to special advisers to the Government of the United Kingdom, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, or the Northern Irish Executive, until at least two years have passed since the end of their service.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to delay the appointment of former MPs and special advisers to the House of Lords until at least two years have passed.
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, leave out “this Act is passed” and insert “the Secretary of State has published a draft Bill with proposals to implement the remaining changes recommended in the first report of the Lords Speaker’s Committee on the Size of the House”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Exclusion of bishops
(1) No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of being a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England.
(2) No bishop or archbishop of the Church of England is entitled to receive, in that capacity, a writ of summons to attend, or sit and vote in, the House of Lords.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents a person who is, or has been, a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England from receiving, and exercising the entitlements under, a peerage for life in accordance with section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents a person who is, or has been, a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England from being permitted to enter the House of Lords for the purpose only of leading prayers in accordance with arrangements made by that House.
(5) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to any bishop or archbishop of the Church of England who at the commencement of this Act has a right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, and any such person may continue to sit and vote in the House of Lords until attaining the age of 70.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 5
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Exclusion of bishops: consequential amendments etc.
(1) In the House of Lords Precedence Act 1539—
(a) omit section 3 (places of the Archbishops and Bishops);
(b) in section 6 (place of the King’s Chief Secretary) omit the words after “aforemencioned”.
(2) The Bishoprics Act 1878 is repealed.
(3) In the Welsh Church Act 1914, omit section 2(3) (writs of summons to be issued to bishops not disqualified by the 1914 Act for sitting in the House of Lords).
(4) In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in section 1(1), omit paragraph (za) (disqualification of Lords Spiritual).
(5) In the Northern Ireland Act 1998, in section 36(6), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified for membership of the Assembly by reason only that he is a Lord Spiritual).
(6) In the Scotland Act 1998, in section 16(1), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified from being a member of the Scottish Parliament because he is a Lord Spiritual).
(7) In the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001, in section 1, omit subsection (2) (Lords Spiritual disqualified from being a Member of the House of Commons).
(8) In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 41, omit subsection (6)(b) (members entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords by virtue of being an archbishop or bishop); but this subsection is without prejudice to the continued application of that provision in relation to tax years beginning before the commencement of this Act.
(9) In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4(3), for “by virtue of a hereditary peerage or as a Lord Spiritual” substitute “or by virtue of a hereditary peerage”.
(10) The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 is repealed.
(11) In the enactment formula used for Acts passed after the passing of this Act, where the phrase “by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons” appears, the phrase “by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons” is to be used instead.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, at end insert “, or at the end of the Session of Parliament during which the Secretary of State has published a draft Bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform, whichever is later.
(3A) A “draft Bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords Reform” is a draft Bill which includes proposals which either—
(a) make provision—
(i) specifying the proportion of seats in the House of Lords allocated to peers affiliated with each political party or with no political party, and bishops of the Church of England,
(ii) regarding the qualities required of persons appointed to the House of Lords, and
(iii) regarding the maximum size of the House of Lords, or
(b) deliver a more radical reform of the composition of the House of Lords, in the view of that House.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Former Members of the House of Commons
(1) The proportion of former Members of the House of Commons with membership of the House of Lords must not exceed 10% of the total membership of the House of Lords.
(2) If, at the time this Act commences and at any point subsequently, the proportion of the House of Lords who are former Members of the House of Commons exceeds 10%, then no further former Members of the House of Commons may be nominated for membership until that proportion has dropped below 10%.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to limit the proportion of former MPs in the House of Lords.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Former special advisers
(1) The proportion of former special advisers to the Government of the United Kingdom, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, or the Northern Irish Executive with membership of the House of Lords must not exceed 5% of the total membership of the House.
(2) If, at the time this Act commences and at any point subsequently, the proportion of the House of Lords who are former special advisers already exceeds 5%, then no further former special advisers may be nominated for membership until that proportion has dropped below 5%.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to limit the proportion of former special advisers in the House of Lords.
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement age and term limits
(1) A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session.
(2) A member of the House of Lords who, having not attained the age of 85, has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of the Session of Parliament in which they reached 15 years of such membership or, if they have already sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for more than 15 years at the end of the Session in which this Act is passed, they cease to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 19, leave out “after that Session” and insert “from the day on which this Act is passed”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 15 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 15 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages (No. 2)
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert—
“(1A) During the period of five years following the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 comes into force, the House of Lords Appointments Commission may recommend to His Majesty that up to 20 life peerages be conferred on persons who intend to sit in the House of Lords as independent, unaffiliated or non-party Peers.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 15 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to encourage the use of the House of Lords Appointments Commission as the means by which members of the Cross Benches are appointed following the removal of Hereditary Peers.
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 19, leave out “that Session” and insert “the Session following the Session in which this Act is passed”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) - 12 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
The purpose of the amendment is to postpone implementation of the Act.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Unsalaried Ministers
No one who is a Minister of the Crown shall be eligible for membership of the House of Lords unless they are in receipt of, or have been offered, a salary under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would mean that unpaid Ministers would not be eligible for membership of the House.
Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Election of temporal members of the House of Lords
(1) In section 1(2)(b) of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages), after first “and” insert “, if elected in accordance with section (Election of temporal members of the House of Lords) of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 for a particular Parliament, to”.
(2) In section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exclusion of hereditary peers), at end insert “unless they were in receipt of a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords in the Parliament in which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 came into force”.
(3) Within three months of the day on which this Act comes into force, 600 peers who were in receipt of a writ of summons to attend the House of Lords in the Parliament in which this Act was passed must be elected to sit and vote in the House of Lords for the rest of that Parliament by elections conducted in accordance with standing orders of the House of Lords and the rest of this section.
(4) Elections to choose 600 members of the House of Lords must be held on the first meeting of each new Parliament and those eligible to vote and stand in any such election shall be—
(a) any peer who was eligible for election in the election conducted under subsection (3), and
(b) any peer who has received a writ of summons under section 1(2)(b) of the Life Peerages Act 1958 since the day on which this Act comes into effect.
(5) Any peer who was eligible to stand in, but was not elected in, the elections specified in subsections (3) and (4) shall be excluded from membership of the House of Lords for the rest of that Parliament, although they may be included in accordance with subsection (7) and are eligible to vote in elections and stand for election to sit in subsequent Parliaments.
(6) Nothing in this section shall enable any person to attend the House of Lords, or to sit and vote in that House, at any time when disqualified under any other enactment.
(7) In the event of the death, exclusion or retirement of any peer elected to sit in the elections specified in subsections (3) and (4), their place will be filled for the rest of that Parliament by the peer in their party group or, in the case of crossbench and non-affiliated peers, their group as defined under subsection (10) of this Act, who was not elected who received the highest number of votes in any list or lists of candidates for election produced by the Clerk of the Parliaments for the purpose of these elections.
(8) The standing orders referred to in subsection (3) shall make provision for 480 members who are members of political parties to be elected by members of their party group in the elections mandated by this section.
(9) The number of members under subsection (8) allocated for each party group must be determined by the mean share of total votes cast for each party in the previous three general elections.
(10) The standing orders referred to in subsection (3) shall make provision for 120 members who are not a member of any political party (“crossbench and non-affiliated members”) to be elected by all peers described in subsection (4) of this section.
(11) Should the leader of any party indicate that their party does not wish to have members in the House of Lords then the vote share of that party shall not count in the allocation provided for under subsection (9).
(12) If under subsection (9) any party is entitled to a number of seats in the House of Lords which is greater than the current number of peers eligible to stand for election who are affiliated to that party, then new peerages may be created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 to provide for those places to be filled.
(13) Nothing in this section shall affect the right of Lords Spiritual to attend the House of Lords, and they are not eligible to participate in the elections under this section.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 28 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—
“Expiry
This Act expires at the end of 4 July 2029 unless, before that time, a subsequent Act has been passed by both Houses of Parliament implementing a mandatory retirement from the House of Lords at the end of the Parliament in which a member reaches 80 years of age, and that Act has been brought into force.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would annul the Act on 4 July 2029 unless another Act implementing a retirement age has also come into force, delivering in tandem the two measures committed to together in the Labour Party Manifesto.
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages to be recommended for all excepted hereditary peers
On the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that all individuals who were excepted hereditary peers on the previous day be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 28 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require the Prime Minister to recommend life peerages for all excepted hereditary peers currently serving in the House of Lords.
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 5, page 2, line 21, after “Peers” insert “and Proposals for a Democratic Mandate”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 12 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would change the short title of the Bill and is consequential on Lord Newby’s new Clause after Clause 1 “Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords”.
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 5, page 2, line 21, after “Peers” insert “and Appointments”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 12 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would change the short title of the Bill and is consequential on Lord Newby’s new Clause after Clause 1 “Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission.”
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
Clause 5, page 2, line 21, after “Peers” insert “and Lords Spiritual”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Baroness Harman (Lab - Life peer) - 28 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is consequential on the new Clause amendment in the name of Baroness Harman. It would amend the short title of the Bill.
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
Title, line 2, after “Lords;” insert “to mandate the development of proposals to remove the Lords Spiritual from membership of the House of Lords;”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Baroness Harman (Lab - Life peer) - 28 Jan 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is consequential on the new Clause amendment in the name of Baroness Harman. It would amend the long title of the Bill.
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Peers from chartered professional bodies
(1) The Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that one member from each chartered professional body be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) in accordance with this section.
(2) The peerage granted under section 1 must entitle a peer from a chartered professional body to sit in the House of Lords for five years only (a “temporary peerage”), at which point the Prime Minister must propose a new peer from the chartered professional body.
(3) The Prime Minister must only recommend the individual proposed by each chartered professional body.
(4) Each chartered professional body may determine the individual they propose for a temporary peerage by the method it considers appropriate.
(5) A chartered professional body under subsection (1) means any professional body granted a royal charter after the day on which this Act is passed and any professional body below—
(a) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants;
(b) Association of Corporate Treasurers;
(c) Association for Project Management;
(d) Association for Science Education;
(e) British Computer Society;
(f) British Psychological Society;
(g) British Society of Gastroenterology;
(h) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants;
(i) Chartered Association of Building Engineers;
(j) Chartered Institute for Archaeologists;
(k) Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment;
(l) Chartered Institute of Arbitrators;
(m) Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists;
(n) Chartered Banker Institute;
(o) Chartered Institute of Brewers & Distillers;
(p) Chartered Institute of Building;
(q) Chartered Institute of Credit Management;
(r) Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management;
(s) Chartered Institute of Environmental Health;
(t) Chartered Institute of Fundraising;
(u) Chartered Institute of Horticulture;
(v) Chartered Institute of Housing;
(w) Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors;
(x) Chartered Institute of Journalists;
(y) Chartered Institute of Legal Executives;
(z) Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals;
(z1) Chartered Institute of Linguists;
(z2) Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport;
(z3) Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters;
(z4) Chartered Institute of Marketing;
(z5) Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity;
(z6) Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys;
(z7) Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals;
(z8) Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development;
(z9) Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering;
(z10) Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply;
(z11) Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy;
(z12) Chartered Institute of Public Relations;
(z13) Chartered Institution of Railway Operators;
(z14) Chartered Institute of Taxation;
(z15) Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys;
(z16) Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers;
(z17) Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors;
(z18) Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation;
(z19) Chartered Institution of Wastes Management;
(z20) Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management;
(z21) Chartered Insurance Institute;
(z22) Chartered Management Institute;
(z23) Chartered Quality Institute;
(z24) Chartered Society of Designers;
(z25) Chartered Society of Physiotherapy;
(z26) Chartered Trading Standards Institute;
(z27) College of Optometrists;
(z28) College of Paramedics;
(z29) The Chartered College of Teaching;
(z30) Energy Institute;
(z31) English Association;
(z32) Geological Society of London;
(z33) Institute and Faculty of Actuaries;
(z34) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales;
(z35) Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland;
(z36) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;
(z37) Institute of Chartered Foresters;
(z38) Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators;
(z39) Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers;
(z40) Institute of Conservation;
(z41) Institute of Directors;
(z42) Institute of Health and Social Care Management;
(z43) Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology;
(z44) Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining;
(z45) Institute of Mathematics and its Applications;
(z46) Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists & Technologists;
(z47) Institute of Measurement and Control;
(z48) Institute of Physics;
(z49) Institute of Practitioners in Advertising;
(z50) Institute of Refrigeration;
(z51) Institution of Chemical Engineers;
(z52) Institution of Civil Engineers;
(z53) Institution of Engineering and Technology;
(z54) Institution of Engineering Designers;
(z55) Institution of Mechanical Engineers;
(z56) Institution of Occupational Safety and Health;
(z57) Institution of Royal Engineers;
(z58) Institution of Structural Engineers;
(z59) Landscape Institute;
(z60) The Law Society;
(z61) Law Society of Northern Ireland;
(z62) Linnean Society of London;
(z63) Royal Aeronautical Society;
(z64) Royal Agricultural Society of England;
(z65) Royal Anthropological Institute;
(z66) Royal Asiatic Society;
(z67) Royal Astronomical Society;
(z68) Royal College of Anaesthetists;
(z69) Royal College of General Practitioners;
(z70) Royal College of Nursing;
(z71) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists;
(z72) Royal College of Organists;
(z73) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health;
(z74) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow;
(z75) Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh;
(z76) Royal College of Physicians of London;
(z77) Royal College of Psychiatrists;
(z78) Royal College of Radiologists;
(z79) Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists;
(z80) Royal College of Surgeons of England;
(z81) Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh;
(z82) Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;
(z83) Royal Economic Society;
(z84) Royal Geographical Society;
(z85) Royal Historical Society;
(z86) Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland;
(z87) Royal Institute of British Architects;
(z88) Royal Institute of Navigation;
(z89) Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors;
(z90) Royal Institution of Naval Architects;
(z91) Royal Meteorological Society;
(z92) Royal Microscopical Society;
(z93) Royal Pharmaceutical Society;
(z94) Royal Photographic Society;
(z95) Royal Society for Public Health;
(z96) Royal Society of Biology;
(z97) Royal Society of Chemistry;
(z98) Royal Society of Medicine;
(z99) Royal Statistical Society;
(z100) Royal Town Planning Institute;
(z101) Society for Radiological Protection;
(z102) Society of Dyers and Colourists;
(z103) The Textile Institute.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
In subsection (3), inserted subsection (4), after “stand” insert “if they have been recommended in accordance with procedures to be determined by the House of Lords by a member of the Council of the Nations and the Regions”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 28 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
At end insert—
“(2) Subject to subsection (3) a member of the House of Lords who without good cause attends fewer than 10% of the sittings of a Parliament after the Parliament in which this Act is passed for which that peer was qualified to attend must retire at the conclusion of that period.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the House of Lords resolves that there was good cause for that peer’s non-attendance.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In subsection (3), inserted subsection (4), after “stand” insert “if they have served as a member of either House of Parliament, or as a member of any of the devolved legislatures, or of a Principal Council, for a minimum period of three years”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
In subsection (1) after “if” insert “, not having been granted leave of absence and in the absence of other good reason,”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
At end of subsection (1), insert “or if they have participated to an excessive extent”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 27 Feb 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment provides for a maximum participation threshold as well as a minimum.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In inserted subsection (1), after “peer” insert “and has not been granted leave of absence”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In inserted subsection (4)(b), at beginning insert “on the application of the peer to whom subsection (3) might otherwise apply,”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In inserted subsection (1), after “peer” insert “who has not been granted leave of absence”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In the table in subsection (5), after “non-party” insert “or from a party-political group in the House of Lords not otherwise identified in this table”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords
(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to take forward proposals to secure a democratic mandate for the House of Lords.
(2) In pursuance of the duty under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must carry out the steps set out in subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6).
(3) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a consultation paper on methods for introducing directly elected members in the House of Lords.
(4) After laying the consultation paper under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must seek the views on the matters covered by that paper of—
(a) each party and group in the House of Lords,
(b) each political party represented in the House of Commons,
(c) the Scottish Government,
(d) the Welsh Government,
(e) the Northern Ireland Executive,
(f) local authorities in the United Kingdom,
(g) representative organisations for local authorities in the United Kingdom, and
(h) such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(5) Within 16 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a report on responses to the consultation.
(6) Within 18 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals on the matter mentioned in subsection (3).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 12 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause imposes a duty on Ministers to take forward proposals to secure a democratic mandate for the House of Lords through introduction of directly elected members.
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
(1) The Life Peerages Act 1958 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (power to confer life peerages), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has written to the Prime Minister to recommend that a peerage should not be conferred on that person.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 12 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause would prevent a life peerage being conferred on a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has recommended against the appointment.
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 12 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“15 year terms for life peers
(1) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session of Parliament, subject to subsection (2).
(2) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more may apply to the House of Lords Appointments Commission for reappointment for a further five or more years up to a maximum of 15 years, but no member may sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage for more than 30 years in total.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) - 12 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement from the House of Lords at 80
A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 80 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
Alongside other amendments in the name of Lord Blencathra, this amendment has been tabled to permit the House to vote on three options for a retirement age in ascending order. According to analysis of Library figures, this could remove 327 peers by 2029.
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement from the House of Lords at 85
A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 18 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
Alongside other amendments in the name of Lord Blencathra, this amendment has been tabled to permit the House to vote on three options for a retirement age in ascending order. According to analysis of Library figures, this could remove 185 peers by 2029.
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement from the House of Lords at 90
A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 90 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024Member's explanatory statement
Alongside other amendments in the name of Lord Blencathra, this amendment has been tabled to permit the House to vote on three options for a retirement age in ascending order. According to analysis of Library figures, this could remove 78 peers by 2029.
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Leave out “10%” and insert “1%”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Leave out first “conviction” and insert “sentence being handed down”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
In subsection (2), at beginning insert “Until the conclusion of the Parliament in which this Act is passed but not beyond,”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49-I Marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause—
“Election of temporal members of the House of Lords
(1) In section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages)—
(a) in subsection (2)(a) omit “; and”;
(b) omit subsection (2)(b).
(2) Within three months of the day on which this Act comes into force, 600 peers who were in receipt of a writ to sit in the Parliament in which this Act is passed shall be identified to sit in the House of Lords by elections conducted in accordance with standing orders of the House of Lords.
(3) Similar elections to choose 600 members of the House of Lords shall be held on the first meeting of each new Parliament and the eligibility of any such election shall be—
(a) any peer who is eligible for election under subsection (2), and
(b) any peer who has received a writ of summons for Parliament since the day on which this Act comes into effect.
(4) Any peer not elected in the elections specified in subsections (2) and (3) shall be excluded from the House of Lords for the rest of that Parliament, although they may be included in accordance with subsection (5) and are eligible to stand for election to sit in subsequent Parliaments if in receipt of a writ of summons for that Parliament.
(5) In the event of the death, exclusion or retirement of any peer elected to sit in elections specified in subsections (2) and (3), their place will be filled for the rest of that Parliament by the peer who was not elected who received the highest number of votes in any list or lists of candidates for election produced by the Clerk of the Parliaments for the purpose of these elections.
(6) The standing orders referred to in subsection (2) shall provide for—
(a) 480 members of political parties, allocated by the average share of total votes cast for each party for membership of the House of Commons in the previous three general elections, chosen among party groups, and
(b) 120 members who are not a member of any political party (“crossbench and non-affiliated members”), to be elected by the whole House.
(7) Should the leader of any party indicate that their party did not wish to have members in the House of Lords then the vote share of that party shall not count in the allocation provided for under subsection (6)(a).
(8) Should any party have a share of the total votes specified in subsection (6)(a) which is greater than the current number of members of the House affiliated to that party, then new peerages may be created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 to provide for those places to be filled.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 27 Feb 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After “who” insert “, in the absence of good reason or other special circumstances or having been granted leave of absence,”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
In subsection (2), leave out from “five” to end and insert “years”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After “Parliament” insert “for which that peer was eligible to attend”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After “indictment” insert “and who has received an immediate custodial sentence or a suspended sentence of more than six months”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 06 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-II Second marshalled list for Committee
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
In inserted subsection (1A), leave out second “not”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Howard of Rising (Con - Life peer) - 06 Mar 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to render the House of Lords Appointment Commission ineffective.
Tabled: 03 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(b) Manuscript amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After subsection (6) insert—
“(7) Within 12 months of publication of the consultation paper under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must arrange for a referendum on the principle of an elected House of Lords to be conducted in accordance with the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
(8) If the referendum under subsection (7) signals support for an elected House of Lords, then the Secretary of State must, within 12 months of that referendum, arrange for a referendum on the methods of achieving an elected House of Lords as outlined in the draft Bill under subsection (6), to be conducted in accordance with the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 03 Mar 2025
Tabled: 03 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 3 February 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After inserted subsection (6)(b), insert—
“(c) the peer has otherwise participated in the business of the House;
“business of the House” for the purposes of this subsection includes all stages of a bill, oral questions and statements in the Chamber.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 03 Feb 2025
Tabled: 03 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(b) Manuscript amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) The consultation paper under subsection (3) must assess the implications of securing a democratic mandate for the House of Lords for its powers and conventions, which may include—
(a) the powers of the Lords in relation to money bills;
(b) the powers of the Lords in relation to statutory instruments;
(c) the Salisbury Convention;
(d) the Prime Minister being drawn from the House of Commons;
(e) the limitations in the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 on the powers of the House of Lords;
(f) the role of the Lord Speaker and their relationship with the Speaker in the House of Commons.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 03 Mar 2025
Tabled: 04 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-I(d) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After inserted subsection (1A), insert—
“(1B) No such recommendation may be made by the House of Lords Appointments Commission unless that Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended—
(a) is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business, and
(b) is willing to swear an oath committing that for all things that are moved, treated and debated in the House of Lords, they will faithfully and truly declare their mind and opinion, according to their heart and conscience.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 04 Mar 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After “that” insert “50% of”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 30 January 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After “that” insert “25% of”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 30 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— "Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords (1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to take forward proposals to secure a democratic mandate for the House of Lords. (2) In pursuance of the duty under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must carry out the steps set out in subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6). (3) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a consultation paper on methods for introducing directly elected members in the House of Lords. (4) After laying the consultation paper under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must seek the views on the matters covered by that paper of - (a) each party and group in the House of Lords, (b) each political party represented in the House of Commons, (c) the Scottish Government, (d) the Welsh Government, (e) the Northern Ireland Executive, (f) local authorities in the United Kingdom, (g) representative organisations for local authorities in the United Kingdom, and (h) such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (5) Within 16 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a report on responses to the consultation. (6) Within 18 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals on the matter mentioned in subsection (3)."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— "15 year terms for life peers (1) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session of Parliament, subject to subsection (2). (2) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more may apply to the House of Lords Appointments Commission for reappointment for a further five or more years up to a maximum of 15 years, but no member may sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage for more than 30 years in total.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Retirement from the House of Lords at 85 A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “House of Lords participation requirement (1) Standing Orders may make provision for a member to cease to be a member of the House of Lords if they have not met a reasonable level of participation based on requirements other than attendance. (2) A peer who does not meet the level of participation required may be notified and given six months to do so before the provision set out in subsection (1) takes effect.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— "Legislating for changes to the composition of the House of Lords Where a resolution of the House of Lords establishes or changes - (a) the age at which peers must retire, (b) a minimum attendance requirement, (c) participation criteria, or (d) a type of criminal conviction which results in expulsion from the House, the Secretary of State must, within 12 months, lay a draft bill before Parliament setting out the content of that resolution in statute."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Lords Spiritual and faith representatives (1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords. (2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England. (3) There must be five other faith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely— (a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church, (b) a representative of the Methodist Church, (c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi, (d) a person nominated by the Muslim Council of Britain, and (e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group. (4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old. (5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section the Secretary of State must, within 12 months, lay a draft bill before Parliament reflecting the content of that resolution.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024
Tabled: 13 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments - 13 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out “Session of”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Dec 2024
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause- “Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers (1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (2) substitute - "(2) No more than 89 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1." (3) For subsection (4) substitute - "(4) Any vacancy resulting from the death, retirement, resignation or expulsion of an excepted person under subsection (2) after the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2024 comes into force is not to be filled by further exception.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 18 Dec 2024
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Lords Spiritual and faith representatives (1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords. (2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England. (3) There must be five other faith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely (a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church, (b) a representative of the Methodist Church, (c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi, (d) a person nominated by the Muslim Council of Britain, and (e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group. (4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old. (5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section, a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (6). (6) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (5) (a "relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subsections (1) to (3) of this section accordingly. (7) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration. (8) The relevant Ministers are the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader of the House of Commons, by whatever titles they are then known. (9) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 18 Dec 2024
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause- “Review: impact of this Act on the effectiveness of the House of Lords Within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State must publish a report on the impact of this Act on the effectiveness of the House of Lords at discharging its core functions.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 18 Dec 2024
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, at end insert “, or at the end of the Session of Parliament during which the Secretary of State has published a draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform, whichever is later. (3A) Stage 2 of House of Lords Reform may include proposals which either – (a) specify the proportion of seats in the House of Lords allocated to peers affiliated with each political party or with no political party, and bishops of the Church of England, (b) make provision for the qualities required of persons appointed to the House of Lords, and (c) make provision for the maximum size of the House of Lords, or (d) deliver a more radical reform of the composition of the House of Lords, in the view of that House.
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 18 Dec 2024
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause- "Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers (1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (2) substitute - "(2) No more than 89 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1." (3) For subsection (4) substitute - "(4) Any vacancy resulting from the death, retirement, resignation or expulsion of an excepted person under subsection (2) after the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2024 comes into force is not to be filled by further exception.”””
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Retirement from the House of Lords at 85 A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “House of Lords participation requirement (1) Standing Orders may make provision for a member to cease to be a member of the House of Lords if they have not met a reasonable level of participation based on requirements other than attendance. (2) A peer who does not meet the level of participation required may be notified and given six months to do so before the provision set out in subsection (1) takes effect.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Lords Spiritual and faith representatives (1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords. (2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England. (3) There must be five otherfaith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely— (a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church, (b) a representative of the Methodist Church, (c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi, (d) a person nominated by the Muslim Council of Britain, and (e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group. (4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old. (5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section, a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (6). (6) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (5) (a “relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subsections (1) to (3) of this section accordingly. (7) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration. (8) The relevant Ministers are the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader of the House of Commons, by whatever titles they are then known. (9) A statutory instrument containing regulations underthis section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “No majority for one party in the House of Lords After section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958, insert— “1A No majority for one party in the House of Lords (1) An appointment may not be made to the House of Lords if it would have the effect of taking the total number of peers from parties forming part of the Government to more than 40% of the total members of that House. (2) If at any time the number of peers from parties forming part of the Government exceeds 40% of the total members of the House of Lords, no appointments to the parties forming part of the Government may be made until that number is reduced below 40% either by resignation, new appointments or leave of absence.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “House of Lords Appointments Commission:recommendations forlife peerages In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert— “(1A) No recommendation may be made to His Majesty to confer a life peerage except by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “House of Lords Appointment Commission: statutory basis (1) There is to be a body corporate known as the House of Lords Appointments Commission. (2) The object of the Commission is to make recommendations to the Crown for the creation of peerages conferring membership of the House of Lords under the Life Peerages Act 1958. (3) The Commission shall consist of 20 members (“Commissioners”), including a Chair, to be appointed by the Prime Minister. (4) The Prime Minister must consult the following individuals before appointing Commissioners— (a) the Leader of the House of Lords, (b) the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, (c) the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords, and (d) the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers. (5) The Commissioners must be appointed with regard to their political affiliation, ensuring that they represent the different political groups in the House of Lords, according to the numbers specified in this table— Political affiliation Number of Commissioners The governing party 5 The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Lords 5 Independent, unaffiliated or non-party 6 The party of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords 4 (6) The Chair of the Commission must be independent of any registered political party. (7) Commissioners may serve for a non-renewable term of seven years. (8) The Commission must appoint a chief executive. (9) The Commission may appoint other staff.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Future composition of the House of Lords (1) Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for— (a) conferring power on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment, as cross-bench peers, of one third of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (b) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment of faith representatives when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (c) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to consult with the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, on an ongoing basis, when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (d) an electoral college to indirectly elect two thirds of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (e) ensuring that elections under paragraph (d) are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency, including placing a duty on a Secretary of State to uphold the integrity, fairness and transparency of the elections, and establishing an independent advisor to support the Secretary of State in discharging that duty, (f) providing that when life peers (who were appointed before the commencement of the Act arising from the draft Bill) die or leave the House, they are replaced, on the basis of two deceased or departed life peers being replaced by one new member, by members appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission (in one third of cases) and elected by the electoral college (in two thirds of cases), until all the members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual have been so appointed or elected, (g) the membership of the House of Lords to be capped at 620, from the point at which all members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual are appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission or elected by the electoral college, (h) a retirement age of 90 for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (i) a term limit of 15 years for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, beginning from the point at which the relevant provision comes into force, (j) reducing the number of Lords Spiritual who are members of the House of Lords to 20, (k) only some peerages to confer membership of the House of Lords. (2) The proposal for an electoral college must include the following membership— (a) some members of the House of Commons, (b) some members of the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly, (c) some members of local authority councils, (d) some mayors of combined authorities, (e) some members of the Greater London Assembly, (f) such other persons and representatives of such bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) The proposal for an electoral college must include a method of election consisting of a quota system, according to the proportions in the following table— Political affiliation Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college The governing party 25% The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons 25% Independent, unaffiliated or non-party 30% Other political parties represented in the House of Commons 20% (4) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers. (5) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must have regard to the effect of the proposals on– (a) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and– (i) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, (ii) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly, (iii) local authorities in England, (b) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides, (c) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament, (d) the example that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Report: principles of gender equality (1) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council must, within six months of the day on which this Act is commenced, undertake a consultation on how principles of gender equality should be applied when determining hereditary peerage claims which were formerly determined by the House of Lords. (2) The Committee must publish a report following the conclusion of the consultation which must address— (a) the expectations of existing heirs; (b) heirs born to unmarried parents; (c) families with adopted children.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Review (1) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act comes into force, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament the report of a review detailing the effect of this Act on— (a) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and— (i) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, (ii) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly, (iii) local authorities in England, (b) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides, (c) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament, (d) the example that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert— “(2A) This section, section (House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages), section (Future composition of the House of Lords), and section (Review) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 07 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out “Session of”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords (1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to take forward proposals to secure a democratic mandate for the House of Lords. (2) In pursuance of the duty under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must carry out the steps set out in subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6). (3) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a consultation paper on methods for introducing directly elected members in the House of Lords. (4) After laying the consultation paper under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must seek the views on the matters covered by that paper of— (a) each party and group in the House of Lords, (b) each political party represented in the House of Commons, (c) the Scottish Government, (d) the Welsh Government, (e) the Northern Ireland Executive, (f) local authorities in the United Kingdom, (g) representative organisations for local authorities in the United Kingdom, and (h) such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (5) Within 16 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a report on responses to the consultation. (6) Within 18 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals on the matter mentioned in subsection (3).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Lords Spiritual and faith representatives (1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords. (2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England. (3) There must be five otherfaith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely— (a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church, (b) a representative of the Methodist Church, (c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi, (d) a person nominated by the Muslim Council of Britain, and (e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group. (4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old. (5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section, a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (6). (6) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (5) (a “relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subsections (1) to (3) of this section accordingly. (7) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration. (8) The relevant Ministers are the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader of the House of Commons, by whatever titles they are then known. (9) A statutory instrument containing regulations underthis section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Rights of life peers to sit in the House of Lords (1) Section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) is amended as follows. (2) At the end of subsection (1) insert “, and, as the case may be, the incidents specified in subsection (2A) of this section”. (3) Omit from “and” in subsection (2)(a) to the end of subsection (2)(b). (4) After subsection (2), insert— “(2A) A peerage conferred under this section may, if the letters patent so state, during the life of the person on whom it is conferred, entitle him, subject to subsection (4) of this section, to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords and sit and vote therein accordingly, and shall expire on his death.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Declaration of minimum participation After section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, insert— “2A Commitment to participate in committees of the House (1) At the start of each Session of Parliament, a member of the House of Lords who is a peer must sign a declaration of intent to participate actively in committees of the House during that Session. (2) The definition of ‘participate actively’ in subsection (1) is to be determined by standing orders. (3) Committees includes— (a) select committees; (b) domestic committees; (c) Committee of the Whole House; (d) Grand Committee when sitting for committee stage of a bill. (4) At the end of each Session the House must publish the statistics of each peer’s participation in committees of the House. (5) A member of the House of Lords who is a peer whose participation in committees of the House falls below the level in the declaration of intent, ceases to be a member of the House at the beginning of the following Session. (6) Subsection (3) does not apply to a peer in respect of attendance during a Session if— (a) the peer was disqualified from sitting or voting in the House, or suspended from its service, for the whole or a substantial proportion of the Session, or (b) the House resolves that subsection (3) should not apply to the peer by reason of special circumstances.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Future composition of the House of Lords (1) Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for— (a) conferring power on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment, as cross-bench peers, of one third of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (b) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment of faith representatives when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (c) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to consult with the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, on an ongoing basis, when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (d) an electoral college to indirectly elect two thirds of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (e) ensuring that elections under paragraph (d) are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency, including placing a duty on a Secretary of State to uphold the integrity, fairness and transparency of the elections, and establishing an independent advisor to support the Secretary of State in discharging that duty, (f) providing that when life peers (who were appointed before the commencement of the Act arising from the draft Bill) die or leave the House, they are replaced, on the basis of two deceased or departed life peers being replaced by one new member, by members appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission (in one third of cases) and elected by the electoral college (in two thirds of cases), until all the members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual have been so appointed or elected, (g) the membership of the House of Lords to be capped at 620, from the point at which all members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual are appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission or elected by the electoral college, (h) a retirement age of 90 for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (i) a term limit of 15 years for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, beginning from the point at which the relevant provision comes into force, (j) reducing the number of Lords Spiritual who are members of the House of Lords to 20, (k) only some peerages to confer membership of the House of Lords. (2) The proposal for an electoral college must include the following membership— (a) some members of the House of Commons, (b) some members of the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly, (c) some members of local authority councils, (d) some mayors of combined authorities, (e) some members of the Greater London Assembly, (f) such other persons and representatives of such bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) The proposal for an electoral college must include a method of election consisting of a quota system, according to the proportions in the following table— Political affiliation Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college The governing party 25% The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons 25% Independent, unaffiliated or non-party 30% Other political parties represented in the House of Commons 20% (4) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers. (5) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must have regard to the effect of the proposals on— (a) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and— (i) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, (ii) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly, (iii) local authorities in England, (b) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides, (c) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament, (d) the example that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “House of Lords Appointments Commission:recommendations forlife peerages (2) In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert— “(1A) No recommendation may be made to His Majesty to confer a life peerage except by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. (1B) No such recommendation may be made by the House of Lords Appointments Commission unless that Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Life peerages not to be conferred againstrecommendation ofthe House of Lords Appointments Commission (2) In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert— “(1A) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has written to the Prime Minister to recommend that a peerage should not be conferred on that person. (1B) The House of Lords Appointments Commission shall not write a letter of the kind referred to in subsection (1A) unless it has given to the person concerned a detailed summary of the reasons why the Commission is minded to write such a letter, and has afforded to that person an opportunity to make written and oralrepresentations to the Commission.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Exclusion of bishops (1) No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of being a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England. (2) No bishop or archbishop of the Church of England is entitled to receive, in that capacity, a writ of summons to attend, or sit and vote in, the House of Lords. (3) Nothing in this section prevents a person who is, or has been, a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England from receiving, and exercising the entitlements under, a peerage for life in accordance with section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958. (4) Nothing in this section prevents a person who is, or has been, a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England from being permitted to enter the House of Lords for the purpose only of leading prayers in accordance with arrangements made by that House. (5) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to any bishop or archbishop of the Church of England who at the commencement of this Act has a right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, and any such person may continue to sit and vote in the House of Lords until attaining the age of 70.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Exclusion of bishops: consequential amendments etc. (1) In the House of Lords Precedence Act 1539— (a) omit section 3 (places of the Archbishops and Bishops); (b) in section 6 (place of the King’s Chief Secretary) omit the words after “aforemencioned”. (2) The Bishoprics Act 1878 is repealed. (3) In the Welsh Church Act 1914, omit section 2(3) (writs of summons to be issued to bishops not disqualified by the 1914 Act for sitting in the House of Lords). (4) In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in section 1(1), omit paragraph (za) (disqualification of Lords Spiritual). (5) In the Northern Ireland Act 1998, in section 36(6), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified for membership of the Assembly by reason only that he is a Lord Spiritual). (6) In the Scotland Act 1998, in section 16(1), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified from being a member of the Scottish Parliament because he is a Lord Spiritual). (7) In the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001, in section 1, omit subsection (2) (Lords Spiritual disqualified from being a Member of the House of Commons). (8) In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 41, omit subsection (6)(b) (members entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords by virtue of being an archbishop or bishop); but this subsection is without prejudice to the continued application of that provision in relation to tax years beginning before the commencement of this Act. (9) In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4(3), for “by virtue of a hereditary peerage or as a Lord Spiritual” substitute “or by virtue of a hereditary peerage”. (10) The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 is repealed. (11) In the enactment formula used for Acts passed afterthe passing of this Act, where the phrase “by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons” appears, the phrase “by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons” is to be used instead.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Review: impact of this Act on the effectiveness of the House of Lords Within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State must publish a report on the impact of this Act on the effectiveness of the House of Lords at discharging its core functions.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Review (1) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act comes into force, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament the report of a review detailing the effect of this Act on— (a) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and— (i) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, (ii) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly, (iii) local authorities in England, (b) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides, (c) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament, (d) the example that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out “this Act is passed” and insert “the Secretary of State has published a draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform. (3A) A “draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform” is a draft bill which includes proposals which — (a) introduce a mandatory retirement age for members of the House of Lords; (b) introduce term limits not exceeding 15 years for life peers; (c) change the process of appointment of members of the House of Lords, so as to limit the discretion of the Prime Minister and of the leaders of any political party to secure the appointment of persons to sit and vote in the House of Lords; (d) introduce minimum participation requirements for continued membership of the House of Lords; (e) remove the automatic right of bishops to sit and vote in the House of Lords; (f) reduce the number of members entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords to fewer than 600 by the dissolution of the Parliament in which any Act arising from the draft bill would be passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 13 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out “Session of”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 13 Jan 2025
Tabled: 15 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 15 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
As an amendment to the above amendment in the name of The Earl of Dundee to After Clause 1 After subsection (1A), insert- "(1B) No such recommendation may not be made by the House of Lords Appointments Commission unless that Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 15 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause - "Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers (1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (2) substitute - "(2) No more than 89 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1." (3) For subsection (4) substitute - "(4) Any vacancy resulting from the death, retirement, resignation or expulsion of an excepted person under subsection (2) after the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2024 comes into force is not to be filled by further exception.”””
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Retirement from the House of Lords at 85 A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “House of Lords Appointment Commission: statutory basis (1) There is to be a body corporate known as the House of Lords Appointments Commission. (2) The object of the Commission is to make recommendations to the Crown for the creation of peerages conferring membership of the House of Lords under the Life Peerages Act 1958. (3) The Commission shall consist of 20 members (“Commissioners”), including a Chair, to be appointed by the Prime Minister. (4) The Prime Minister must consult the following individuals before appointing Commissioners (a) the Leader of the House of Lords, (b) the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, (c) the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords, and (d) the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers. (5) The Commissioners must be appointed with regard to their political affiliation, ensuring that they represent the different political groups in the House of Lords, according to the numbers specified in this table- Political affiliation Number of Commissioners The governing party 5 The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Lords 5 Independent, unaffiliated or non-party 7 The party of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords 3 (6) The Chair of the Commission must be independent of any registered political party. (7) Commissioners may serve for a non-renewable term of seven years. (8) The Commission must appoint a chief executive. (9) The Commission may appoint other staff.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Future composition of the House of Lords (1) Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for– (a) conferring power on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment, as crossbench peers, of one third of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (b) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment of faith representatives when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (c) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to consult with the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, on an ongoing basis, when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (d) an electoral college to indirectly elect two thirds of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (e) ensuring that elections under paragraph (d) are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency, including placing a duty on a Secretary of State to uphold the integrity, fairness and transparency of the elections, and establishing an independent advisor to support the Secretary of State in discharging that duty, (f) providing that when life peers (who were appointed before the commencement of the Act arising from the draft Bill) die or leave the House, they are replaced, on the basis of two deceased or departed life peers being replaced by one new member, by members appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission (in one third of cases) and elected by the electoral college (in two thirds of cases), until all the members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual have been so appointed or elected, (g) the membership of the House of Lords to be capped at 620, from the point at which all members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual are appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission or elected by the electoral college, (h) a retirement age of 90 for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (i) a term limit of 15 years for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, beginning from the point at which the relevant provision comes into force, (j) reducing the number of Lords Spiritual who are members of the House of Lords to 20, (k) only some peerages to confer membership of the House of Lords. (2) The proposal for an electoral college must include the following membership – (a) some members of the House of Commons, (b) some members of the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly, (c) some members of local authority councils, (d) some mayors of combined authorities, (e) some members of the Greater London Assembly, (f) such other persons and representatives of such bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) The proposal for an electoral college must include a method of election consisting of a quota system, according to the proportions in the following table – Political affiliation Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college The governing party 37.5% The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons 37.5% Other political parties represented in the House of Commons 25.0% (4) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers. (5) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must have regard to the effect of the proposals on- (a) the relationship between HM Government and Parliament and — (i) the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, (ii) the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly, (iii) local authorities in England, (b) the quality of legislative and government scrutiny that the House of Lords provides, (c) the balance of power between HM Government and Parliament, (d) the examples that the Parliament of the United Kingdom sets to the Commonwealth, member states of the Council of Europe and the rest of the world."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (2) In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert - “(1A) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has written to the Prime Minister to recommend that a peerage should not be conferred on that person. (1B) The House of Lords Appointments Commission shall not write a letter of the kind referred to in subsection (1A) unless it has given to the person concerned a detailed summary of the reasons why the Commission is minded to write such a letter, and has afforded to that person an opportunity to make written and oral representations to the Commission.”"
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Exclusion of bishops (1) No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of being a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England. (2) No bishop or archbishop of the Church of England is entitled to receive, in that capacity, a writ of summons to attend, or sit and vote in, the House of Lords. (3) Nothing in this section prevents a person who is, or has been, a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England from receiving, and exercising the entitlements under, a peerage for life in accordance with section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958. (4) Nothing in this section prevents a person who is, or has been, a bishop or archbishop of the Church of England from being permitted to enter the House of Lords for the purpose only of leading prayers in accordance with arrangements made by that House. (5) The provisions of subsection (1) do not apply to any bishop or archbishop of the Church of England who at the commencement of this Act has a right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, and any such person may continue to sit and vote in the House of Lords until attaining the age of 70."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Exclusion of bishops: consequential amendments etc. (1) In the House of Lords Precedence Act 1539— (a) omit section 3 (places of the Archbishops and Bishops); (b) in section 6 (place of the King’s Chief Secretary) omit the words after "aforemencioned". (2) The Bishoprics Act 1878 is repealed. (3) In the Welsh Church Act 1914, omit section 2(3) (writs of summons to be issued to bishops not disqualified by the 1914 Act for sitting in the House of Lords). (4) In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in section 1(1), omit paragraph (za) (disqualification of Lords Spiritual). (5) In the Northern Ireland Act 1998, in section 36(6), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified for membership of the Assembly by reason only that he is a Lord Spiritual). (6) In the Scotland Act 1998, in section 16(1), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified from being a member of the Scottish Parliament because he is a Lord Spiritual). (7) In the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001, in section 1, omit subsection (2) (Lords Spiritual disqualified from being a Member of the House of Commons). (8) In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 41, omit subsection (6)(b) (members entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords by virtue of being an archbishop or bishop); but this subsection is without prejudice to the continued application of that provision in relation to tax years beginning before the commencement of this Act. (9) In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4(3), for “by virtue of a hereditary peerage or as a Lord Spiritual” substitute “or by virtue of a hereditary peerage”. (10) The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 is repealed. (11) In the enactment formula used for Acts passed after the passing of this Act, where the phrase "by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons” appears, the phrase “by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons" is to be used instead."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert - “(1A) During the period of five years following the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 comes into force, the House of Lords Appointments Commission may recommend to His Majesty that up to 20 life peerages be conferred on persons who intend to sit in the House of Lords as independent, unaffiliated or non-party Peers.”"
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Review of and consultation on appropriateness of name of House The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report based on a public consultation on the implications of the provisions in this Act for the appropriateness of the name of the House of Lords."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Proposals for removing the Lords Spiritual (1) The Secretary of State must, within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a paper setting out proposals to remove the membership of the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords. (2) The paper must include, but is not limited to, proposals to – (a) remove the Lords Spiritual from membership of the House of Lords, (b) remove or replace the functions of the Lords Spiritual in the proceedings of the House of Lords, and (c) lay provisions for consequential changes to legislation, standing orders and running of the House of Lords to be made following the removal of the Lords Spiritual. (3) Nothing in the proposals may prevent a person who is, or has been, a bishop or Archbishop of the Church of England from receiving, and exercising the entitlements under, a peerage for life in accordance with section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages)."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Harman (Lab - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, at end insert “, or at the end of the Session of Parliament during which the Secretary of State has published a draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform, whichever is later. (3A) A "draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords Reform” is a draft bill which includes proposals which either – (a) make provision – (i) specifying the proportion of seats in the House of Lords allocated to peers affiliated with each political party or with no political party, and bishops of the Church of England, (ii) regarding the qualities required of persons appointed to the House of Lords, and (iii) regarding the maximum size of the House of Lords, or (b) deliver a more radical reform of the composition of the House of Lords, in the view of that House."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 5, page 2, line 21, after “Peers” insert “and Lords Spiritual"
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Harman (Lab - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 20 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 20 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Title, line 2, after “Lords;” insert “to mandate the development of proposals to remove the Lords Spiritual from membership of the House of Lords;”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Harman (Lab - Life peer) - 20 Jan 2025
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "House of Lords participation requirement (1) Standing Orders may make provision for a member to cease to be a member of the House of Lords if they have not met a reasonable level of participation based on requirements other than attendance. (2) A peer who does not meet the level of participation required may be notified and given six months to do so before the provision set out in subsection (1) takes effect."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Proposals for removing the Lords Spiritual (1) The Secretary of State must, within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a paper setting out proposals to remove the membership of the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords. (2) The paper must include, but is not limited to, proposals to – (a) remove the Lords Spiritual from membership of the House of Lords, (b) remove or replace the functions of the Lords Spiritual in the proceedings of the House of Lords, and (c) lay provisions for consequential changes to legislation, standing orders and running of the House of Lords to be made following the removal of the Lords Spiritual. (3) Nothing in the proposals may prevent a person who is, or has been, a bishop or Archbishop of the Church of England from receiving, and exercising the entitlements under, a peerage for life in accordance with section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Baroness Harman (Lab - Life peer) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 22 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause- "Review of and consultation on appropriateness of name of House The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report based on a public consultation on the implications of the provisions in this Act for the appropriateness of the name of the House of Lords."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 22 Jan 2025
Tabled: 24 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 24 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert - "(A1) In section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exclusion of hereditary peers), at end insert “except for the Earl Marshall and the Lord Great Chamberlain”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 24 Jan 2025
Tabled: 24 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 24 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause- "Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers (1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (2) substitute – “(2) No more than 89 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1.” (3) For subsection (4) substitute - “(4) Any vacancy resulting from the death, retirement, resignation or expulsion of an excepted person under subsection (2) after the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2024 comes into force is not to be filled by further exception.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 24 Jan 2025
Tabled: 24 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 24 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause - "Lords Spiritual and faith representatives (1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords. (2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England. (3) There must be five other faith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely (a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church, (b) a representative of the Methodist Church, (c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi, (d) a Muslim cleric nominated by The Home Office, and (e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group. (4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old. (5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section, a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (6). (6) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (5) (a "relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subsections (1) to (3) of this section accordingly. (7) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration. (8) The relevant Ministers are the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader of the House of Commons, by whatever titles they are then known. (9) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 24 Jan 2025
Tabled: 24 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 24 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Declaration of minimum participation After section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, insert- "2A Commitment to participate in committees of the House (1) At the start of each Session of Parliament, a member of the House of Lords who is a peer must sign a declaration of intent to participate actively in committees of the House during that Session. (2) The definition of ‘participate actively' in subsection (1) is to be determined by standing orders. (3) Committees includes – (a) select committees; (b) domestic committees; (c) Committee of the Whole House; (d) Grand Committee when sitting for committee stage of a bill.
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 24 Jan 2025
Tabled: 24 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 24 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
As an amendment to the above amendment in the name of The Earl of Dundee to After Clause 1 After subsection (1A), insert- "(1B) No such recommendation may be made by the House of Lords Appointments Commission unless that Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 24 Jan 2025
Tabled: 24 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 24 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Future composition of the House of Lords (1) Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for — (a) conferring power on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment, as crossbench peers, of one third of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (b) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to recommend the appointment of faith representatives when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (c) conferring a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to consult with the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, on an ongoing basis, when discharging their power under paragraph (a), (d) an electoral college to indirectly elect two thirds of the membership of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (e) ensuring that elections under paragraph (d) are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency, including placing a duty on a Secretary of State to uphold the integrity, fairness and transparency of the elections, and establishing an independent advisor to support the Secretary of State in discharging that duty, (f) providing that when life peers (who were appointed before the commencement of the Act arising from the draft Bill) die or leave the House, they are replaced, on the basis of two deceased or departed life peers being replaced by one new member, by members appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission (in one third of cases) and elected by the electoral college (in two thirds of cases), until all the members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual have been so appointed or elected, (g) the membership of the House of Lords to be capped at 620, from the point at which all members of the House other than the Lords Spiritual are appointed on the recommendation of the Appointments Commission or elected by the electoral college, (h) a retirement age of 90 for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, (i) a term limit of 15 years for members of the House of Lords other than the Lords Spiritual, beginning from the point at which the relevant provision comes into force, (j) reducing the number of Lords Spiritual who are members of the House of Lords to 20, (k) only some peerages to confer membership of the House of Lords. (2) The proposal for an electoral college must include the following membership – (a) some members of the House of Commons, (b) some members of the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and Northern Ireland Assembly, (c) some members of local authority councils, (d) some mayors of combined authorities, (e) some members of the Greater London Assembly, (f) such other persons and representatives of such bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) The proposal for an electoral college must include a method of election consisting of a quota system, according to the proportions in the following table – Political affiliation Proportion, out of the members elected by the electoral college The governing party 37.5% The party of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons 37.5% Other political parties represented in the House of Commons 25.0%
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 24 Jan 2025
Tabled: 24 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 24 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
(4) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the Leader of the House of Lords, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords, the leader of the third largest party-political group in the House of Lords and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers. (5) In preparing the draft Bill under subsection (1), the Secretary
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 24 Jan 2025
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause- “Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers (1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (2) substitute – “(2) No more than 89 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 28 Jan 2025
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Lords Spiritual and faith representatives (1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords. (2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England. (3) There must be five other faith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely (a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church, (b) a representative of the Methodist Church, (c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi, (d) a Muslim cleric nominated by The Home Office, and (e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group. (4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old. (5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section, a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (6). (6) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (5) (a “relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subsections (1) to (3) of this section accordingly. (7) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 28 Jan 2025
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 28 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, at end insert “, or at the end of the Session of Parliament during which the Secretary of State has published a draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform, whichever is later. (3A) A "draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords Reform” is a draft bill which includes proposals which either – (a) make provision-
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 28 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert— “(A1) In section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exclusion of hereditary peers), at end insert “except for the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “House of Lords Appointments Commission:recommendations forlife peerages In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert— “(1A) During the period of five years following the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 comes into force, the House of Lords Appointments Commission may recommend to His Majesty that up to 20 life peerages be conferred on persons who intend to sit in the House of Lords as independent, unaffiliated or non-party Peers.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Review: changes to the composition of the House of Lords in the future (1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, review the impact of this Act and any subsequent legislation which alters the composition of the House of Lords on the process by which changes are made in the future to— (a) appointments to the House of Lords; (b) the composition of the House of Lords. (2) The Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament the report of the review within one year of the day on which this Act is passed. (3) Thereafter, the Secretary of State must initiate a review of the subject matter in subsection (1) within the six months after any future General Election and must lay before each House of Parliament the report of the review within one year of the day on which the General Election took place.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Inglewood (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Report: principles of gender equality (1) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council must, within six months of the day on which this Act is commenced, undertake a consultation on how principles of gender equality should be applied when determining hereditary peerage claims which were formerly determined by the House of Lords. (2) The Committee must publish a report following the conclusion of the consultation which must address— (a) the expectations of existing heirs; (b) heirs born to unmarried parents; (c) families with adopted children.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Review of and consultation on appropriateness of name of House The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report based on a public consultation on the implications of the provisions in this Act for the appropriateness of the name of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Lords Spiritual and faith representatives (1) A maximum of five Church of England bishops may sit in the House of Lords. (2) Of those five bishops, one must be the Archbishop of Canterbury, one must be the Archbishop of York, and the remaining three must be nominated by the Synod of the Church of England. (3) There must be five otherfaith representatives appointed as members of the House of Lords, namely— (a) a representative of the Roman Catholic Church, (b) a representative of the Methodist Church, (c) a person nominated by the Chief Rabbi, (d) a Muslim cleric nominated by The Home Office, and (e) a person nominated by the Free Churches Group. (4) No person who is a member of the House of Lords by virtue of this section may sit in the House of Lords beyond the end of the Parliamentary Session in which they turn 70 years old. (5) If the House of Lords agrees a resolution to change the numbers or denominations set out in this section, a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (6). (6) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (5) (a “relevant resolution”), a relevant Minister must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend subsections (1) to (3) of this section accordingly. (7) The regulations must use the wording of the relevant resolution, without any alteration. (8) The relevant Ministers are the Leader of the House of Lords and the Leader of the House of Commons, by whatever titles they are then known. (9) A statutory instrument containing regulations underthis section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 29 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Exclusion of bishops: consequential amendments etc. (1) In the House of Lords Precedence Act 1539— (a) omit section 3 (places of the Archbishops and Bishops); (b) in section 6 (place of the King’s Chief Secretary) omit the words after “aforemencioned”. (2) The Bishoprics Act 1878 is repealed. (3) In the Welsh Church Act 1914, omit section 2(3) (writs of summons to be issued to bishops not disqualified by the 1914 Act for sitting in the House of Lords). (4) In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in section 1(1), omit paragraph (za) (disqualification of Lords Spiritual). (5) In the Northern Ireland Act 1998, in section 36(6), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified for membership of the Assembly by reason only that he is a Lord Spiritual). (6) In the Scotland Act 1998, in section 16(1), omit paragraph (b) (a person is not disqualified from being a member of the Scottish Parliament because he is a Lord Spiritual). (7) In the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001, in section 1, omit subsection (2) (Lords Spiritual disqualified from being a Member of the House of Commons). (8) In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, in section 41, omit subsection (6)(b) (members entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords by virtue of being an archbishop or bishop); but this subsection is without prejudice to the continued application of that provision in relation to tax years beginning before the commencement of this Act. (9) In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, in section 4(3), for “by virtue of a hereditary peerage or as a Lord Spiritual” substitute “or by virtue of a hereditary peerage”. (10) The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 is repealed. (11) In the enactment formula used for Acts passed afterthe passing of this Act, where the phrase “by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons” appears, the phrase “by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons” is to be used instead.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 29 Jan 2025
Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 31 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out “conviction” and insert “sentence being handed down”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 31 Jan 2025
Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 31 January 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert— “(2A) This section, section (House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages), section (Future composition of the House of Lords), and section (Review) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 31 Jan 2025
Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 5 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "House of Lords participation requirement (1) Standing Orders may make provision for a member to cease to be a member of the House of Lords if they have not met a reasonable level of participation based on requirements other than attendance. (2) A peer who does not meet the level of participation required may be notified and given six months to do so before the provision set out in subsection (1) takes effect."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 05 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
As an amendment to the above amendment in the name of Lord Lucas to Leave out Clause 1 In subsection (3), inserted subsection (4), after “stand” insert “if they have been recommended in accordance with procedures to be determined by the House of Lords by a member of the Council of the Nations and the Regions”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (1) The Life Peerages Act 1958 is amended as follows. (2) In section 1 (power to confer life peerages), after subsection (1) insert— "(1A) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has written to the Prime Minister to recommend that a peerage should not be conferred on that person.""
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "15 year terms for life peers (1) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session of Parliament, subject to subsection (2). (2) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more may apply to the House of Lords Appointments Commission for reappointment for a further five or more years up to a maximum of 15 years, but no member may sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage for more than 30 years in total."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
As an amendment to the above amendment in the name of Lord Harries of Pentregarth to After Clause 1 In subsection (2) at beginning insert “Until the conclusion of the Parliament in which this Act is passed but not beyond,"
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
As an amendment to the above amendment in the name of Lord Harries of Pentregarth to After Clause 1 In subsection (2) leave out from “five” to end and insert “years”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Retirement from the House of Lords at 80 A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 80 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Retirement from the House of Lords at 85 A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause – "Retirement from the House of Lords at 90 A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 90 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “Attendance requirement of 20% A member of the House of Lords who attended fewer than 20% of possible sittings in the 2019-2024 Parliament must retire from the House of Lords within two months of the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Attendance requirement of 15% A member of the House of Lords who attended fewer than 15% of possible sittings in the 2019-2024 Parliament must retire from the House of Lords within two months of the day on which this Act is passed."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause – "Attendance requirement of 10% A member of the House of Lords who attended fewer than 10% of possible sittings in the 2019-2024 Parliament must retire from the House of Lords within two months of the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause- "Review of and consultation on appropriateness of name of House The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report based on a public consultation on the implications of the provisions in this Act for the appropriateness of the name of the House of Lords."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert — “(2A) This section, section (House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages), section (Future composition of the House of Lords), and section (Review) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert- "(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed. (4) Sections 1 to 3 of this Act do not come into force until a Constitutional Conference between the House of Lords and the House of Commons has been convoked for at least six months following its first meeting (unless it can agree recommendations earlier) to consider the composition of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 7 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 17, leave out “this Act is passed” and insert “the Secretary of State has published a draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform. (3A) A "draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform” is a draft bill which includes proposals which (a) introduce a mandatory retirement age for members of the House of Lords; (b) introduce term limits not exceeding 15 years for life peers;
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 07 Feb 2025
Tabled: 12 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 12 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
In the table in subsection (5), after “non-party” insert “or from a party-political group in the House of Lords not otherwise identified in this table”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 12 Feb 2025
Tabled: 17 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 17 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert— “(2A) This section, section (House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages), section (Future composition of the House of Lords), and section (Review) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 17 Feb 2025
Tabled: 25 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 25 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
In subsection (3), inserted subsection (4), after “stand” insert “if they have served as a member of either House of Parliament, or as a member of any of the devolved legislatures, or of an upper tier local authority, for a minimum period of three years”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 25 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Proposals for removing the Lords Spiritual (1) The Secretary of State must, within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a paper setting out proposals to remove the membership of the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords. (2) The paper must include, but is not limited to, proposals to – (a) remove the Lords Spiritual from membership of the House of Lords, (b) remove or replace the functions of the Lords Spiritual in the proceedings of the House of Lords, and (c) lay provisions for consequential changes to legislation, standing orders and running of the House of Lords to be made following the removal of the Lords Spiritual. (3) Nothing in the proposals may prevent a person who is, or has been, a bishop or Archbishop of the Church of England from receiving, and exercising the entitlements under, a peerage for life in accordance with section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court (1) Omit subsection (3) of section 137 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (parliamentary disqualification for holders of disqualifying judicial offices). (2) On the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages). (3) When a person is appointed as President or Deputy President of the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “Senior members of the judiciary (1) On the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls and Lord President of the Court of Session be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages). (2) When a person is appointed to the position of Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls or Lord President of the Court of Session, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Appointments to the House of Lords: women (1) This section applies where- (a) a recommendation for a life peerage is made to His Majesty the King after the day on which this Act comes into force, and (b) at the time the recommendation is made, there are more male than female members of the House of Lords. (2) Recommendations by the Prime Minister to His Majesty the King for the granting of life peerages under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) must be comprised entirely of women.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Ministerial members (1) In each Parliament, a limited number of persons may be appointed as temporary ministerial members of the House of Lords. (2) Appointments are to be made by His Majesty the King on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. (3) A recommendation may be made only for the purpose of facilitating the performance by the recommended person of that person's functions as a Minister of the Crown. (4) An appointment may be made only at a time when there are fewer than 8 ministerial members appointed to the Parliament by the current Prime Minister who are Ministers of the Crown. (5) Any person appointed as a ministerial member of the House of Lords ceases to be a member of the House of Lords when they stop serving as a Minister of the Crown."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Con - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Supreme Court Justices (1) Omit section 137(3) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (parliamentary disqualification for holders of disqualifying judicial offices). (2) On the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that all current Justices of the Supreme Court who do not already have a life peerage be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages). (3) When a person is appointed as President or Deputy President of the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Banner (Con - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Retirement from the House of Lords In section 1(2)(b) of the House of Lords Act 2014, after “peer”, insert “or a person holding a lasting power of attorney for that peer"."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “Review of appropriateness of an unelected House The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a review of the implications of the provisions in this Act for the continued presence of a House composed of only appointed members and Bishops.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Timeline for the next stage of reform of the House of Lords The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, set out a timetable outlining additional reforms to the composition of the House of Lords during the Parliament in which this Act is passed."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “Proposals for a new electoral model for the House of Lords (1) The Secretary of State must, within one year of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before each House of Parliament a consultation paper setting out a new electoral model, based on a single transferable vote system by which members of the House of Lords are elected. (2) Within six months of laying the consultation paper under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult on the matters covered in that paper with- (a) each party and group in the House of Lords, (b) each political party represented in the House of Commons, (c) the Welsh Government, (d) the Scottish Government, (e) the Northern Ireland Executive, (f) local authorities in the United Kingdom, (g) representative organisations for local authorities in the United Kingdom, and (h) such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) Within twelve months of consulting with those outlined in subsection (2), the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing- (a) legislative proposals for a new electoral model for membership of the House of Lords, and (b) proposals for re-naming the House of Lords to reflect the new composition.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Term limits Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for a term limit not exceeding ten years for members of the House of Lords."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 2, page 1, line 8, at end insert - "(3) Claims to hereditary peerages shall hereafter be determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (pursuant to section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833) and in exercising such jurisdiction the Judicial Committee must have regard to principles of gender equality."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Term limits Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for a term limit not exceeding ten years for members of the House of Lords."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause- "Report: principles of gender equality (1) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council must, within six months of the day on which this Act is commenced, undertake a consultation on how principles of gender equality should be applied when determining hereditary peerage claims which were formerly determined by the House of Lords. (2) The Committee must publish a report following the conclusion of the consultation which must address - (a) the expectations of existing heirs; (b) heirs born to unmarried parents; (c) families with adopted children.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause- "Review of and consultation on appropriateness of name of House The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report based on a public consultation on the implications of the provisions in this Act for the appropriateness of the name of the House of Lords."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
HL Bill 49 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert- "(2A) This section, section (House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages), section (Future composition of the House of Lords), and section (Review) come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Feb 2025
Tabled: 12 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III(b) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause-"Life peerages to be nominated by party groupsOn the day on which this Act is passed, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that -(a) 46 individuals nominated by the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords,(b) 33 individuals nominated by the Crossbench Convenor,(c) 4 individuals nominated by the Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, and(d) 4 individuals nominated by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party in the House of Lordsbe granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) - 12 Mar 2025
Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
HL Bill 49-III(c) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert- "(3) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed. (4) Sections 1 to 3 of this Act do not come into force until the people of the United Kingdom have, in a referendum conducted in accordance with the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, expressed their view on the principle of - (a) a fully elected House of Lords, (b) a fully appointed House of Lords, and (c) the retention of 26 Bishops in the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 14 Mar 2025
Tabled: 03 Apr 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 3 April 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Legislating for changes to the composition of the House of Lords
(1) Where a resolution of the House of Lords establishes or changes—
(a) the age at which peers must retire,
(b) a minimum attendance requirement, or
(c) a participation requirement,
a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (2).
(2) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (1) (a “relevant resolution”), the Secretary of State must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend the following Acts, as appropriate, in order to translate the relevant resolution into statute—
(a) this Act;
(b) the Life Peerages Act 1958;
(c) the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
(3) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 03 Apr 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to establish changes regarding the composition of the House in law, while allowing the House flexibility to change them.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 1, page 1, line 1, at end insert—
“(A1) In section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exclusion of hereditary peers), at end insert “, except for the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to retain the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain as members of the House of Lords with the right to sit and vote.
Tabled: 08 Jul 2025
HL Bill 49-R-II(a) Amendment for Report (Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List)
This amendment was AGREED
At end insert—
“(2) This section does not apply to Ministers of the Crown appointed before the day on which this section comes into effect.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 08 Jul 2025
Tabled: 17 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 17 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (No. 2)
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert—
“(1A) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has written to the Prime Minister to recommend that a peerage should not be conferred on that person.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 17 Jun 2025
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was AGREED
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause—
“Abolition of by-elections for hereditary peers
(1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) No more than 87 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1.”
(3) For subsection (4) substitute—
“(4) Any vacancy resulting from the death, retirement, resignation or expulsion of an excepted person under subsection (2) after the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 comes into force is not to be filled by further exception.””
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would amend the House of Lords Act 1999 to abolish the system of by-elections for hereditary peers. This would prevent any new hereditary peers from joining the House, while allowing those who are presently serving in the House to remain. It follows the proposals of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN BEFORE DEBATE
[Withdrawn]
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages to be nominated by party groups
(1) Within three months of this Act coming into force, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the following be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages)—
(a) 20 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Crossbench Group in the House of Lords,
(b) 30 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Leader of the Conservative Party,
(c) 3 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Leader of the Labour Party, and
(d) 3 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party.
(2) Any excepted hereditary peer granted a life peerage after recommendation under this section will be deemed to have resigned from their position in the House as an excepted hereditary peer on the day on which section 1 of this Act comes into force.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require the Prime Minister to recommend life peerages for a proportion of hereditary peers, nominated by the leaders of their respective groups. It proposes a structured, time-limited process to grant life peerages to some hereditary peers. It supports the Government’s aim to phase out hereditary peers while recognising the experience and contribution of longstanding members.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause—
“Election of temporal members of the House of Lords
(1) In section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages)—
(a) in subsection (2)(a) omit “; and”;
(b) omit subsection (2)(b).
(2) Within three months of the day on which this Act comes into force, 600 peers who were in receipt of a writ to sit in the Parliament in which this Act is passed shall be identified to sit in the House of Lords by elections conducted in accordance with standing orders of the House of Lords.
(3) Similar elections to choose 600 members of the House of Lords shall be held on the first meeting of each new Parliament and the eligibility for any such election shall be—
(a) any peer who is eligible for election under subsection (2), and
(b) any peer who has received a writ of summons for Parliament since the day on which this Act comes into effect.
(4) Any peer not elected in the elections specified in subsections (2) and (3) shall be excluded from the House of Lords for the rest of that Parliament, although they may be included in accordance with subsection (5) and are eligible to stand for election to sit in subsequent Parliaments if in receipt of a writ of summons for that Parliament.
(5) In the event of the death, exclusion or retirement of any peer elected to sit in elections specified in subsections (2) and (3), their place will be filled for the rest of that Parliament by the peer who was not elected who received the highest number of votes in any list or lists of candidates for election produced by the Clerk of the Parliaments for the purpose of these elections.
(6) The standing orders referred to in subsection (2) shall provide for—
(a) 480 members of political parties, allocated by the average share of total votes cast for each party for membership of the House of Commons in the previous three general elections, chosen among party groups, and
(b) 120 members who are not a member of any political party (“crossbench and non-affiliated members”), to be elected by the whole House.
(7) Should the leader of any party indicate that their party did not wish to have members in the House of Lords then the vote share of that party shall not count in the allocation provided for under subsection (6)(a).
(8) Should any party have a share of the total votes specified in subsection (6)(a) which is greater than the current number of members of the House affiliated to that party, then new peerages may be created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 to provide for those places to be filled.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to reduce the size of the House of Lords to 600 peers through elections conducted in accordance with standing orders that would provide for 480 members of political parties, chosen among party groups, and 120 crossbench and non-affiliated members, to be elected by the whole House.
Tabled: 17 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 17 June 2025
This amendment was DISAGREED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords
(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to take forward proposals to secure a democratic mandate for the House of Lords.
(2) In pursuance of the duty under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must carry out the steps set out in subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6).
(3) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a consultation paper on methods for introducing directly elected members in the House of Lords.
(4) After laying the consultation paper under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must seek the views on the matters covered by that paper of—
(a) each party and group in the House of Lords,
(b) each political party represented in the House of Commons,
(c) the Scottish Government,
(d) the Welsh Government,
(e) the Northern Ireland Executive,
(f) local authorities in the United Kingdom,
(g) representative organisations for local authorities in the United Kingdom,
(h) the general public, which may include citizens’ assemblies, and
(j) such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(5) Within 16 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a report on responses to the consultation.
(6) Within 18 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals on the matter mentioned in subsection (3).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 17 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause imposes a duty on Ministers to take forward proposals to secure a democratic mandate for the House of Lords through introduction of directly elected members.
Tabled: 18 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 18 June 2025
This amendment was DISAGREED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
(1) The Life Peerages Act 1958 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (power to confer life peerages), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has written to the Prime Minister to recommend that a peerage should not be conferred on that person.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 18 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause would prevent a life peerage being conferred on a person if the House of Lords Appointments Commission has recommended against the appointment.
Tabled: 17 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 17 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert—
“(1A) No recommendation may be made to His Majesty to confer a life peerage except by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
(1B) No such recommendation may be made by that Commission unless the Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended—
(a) is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business, and
(b) is willing to swear an oath committing that for all things that are moved, treated and debated in the House of Lords, they will faithfully and truly declare their mind and opinion, according to their heart and conscience.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 17 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to ensure that life peerages can only be conferred by the King on the advice of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (not of the Prime Minister) and that the person recommended (1) is a fit and proper person to be a member of the House, (2) will participate appropriately in the House’s business and (3) will be willing to swear an oath similar to that avowed by Privy Councillors.
Tabled: 17 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 17 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Term limits and retirement age
(1) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session of Parliament.
(2) A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 17 Jun 2025
Tabled: 18 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 18 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Further reform of the composition of the House of Lords
Within two years of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for further reform of the composition of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Duke of Wellington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 18 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would require the Government to lay before Parliament a further bill to reform the House of Lords after the removal of hereditary peers.
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Life peerages for hereditary peers
(1) Within three months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Leader of the House of Lords, having consulted with the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers and the Leaders of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, must submit to the Prime Minister a list of those excepted hereditary peers who wish to continue to serve as members of the House of Lords as life peers (and will if relevant resign from their position in the House as excepted hereditary peers in order to do so).
(2) Within three months of receiving the list, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that all excepted hereditary peers on it be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 4
Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) - 25 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to grant life peerages to current hereditary peers who wish to continue to serve as members of the House of Lords, while accepting the end of the hereditary principle as a route of entry to the House of Lords.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Lord Chancellor
In the case of any person who holds the office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain who is not currently a member of the House of Lords, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would ensure that the Lord Chancellor is a member of the House of Lords, as was the case for over two centuries leading up to the passage of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“No majority for one party in the House of Lords
After section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958, insert—
“1A No majority for one party in the House of Lords
(1) An appointment may not be made to the House of Lords if it would have the effect of taking the total number of peers from parties forming part of the Government to more than 40% of the total members of that House.
(2) If at any time the number of peers from parties forming part of the Government exceeds 40% of the total members of the House of Lords, no appointments to the parties forming part of the Government may be made until that number is reduced below 40% either by resignation, new appointments or leave of absence.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to limit the unfettered power of Prime Ministers to make appointments to the House of Lords.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Removal of peers with a criminal conviction
Any peer convicted of a criminal offence on indictment ceases to be a member of the House of Lords within seven days of the conviction, or the loss of appeal if the peer appeals the conviction.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment intends to ensure that peers who have committed a serious offence are removed from the House, using an indictable offence to provide a clear threshold.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was AGREED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Unsalaried Ministers
No one who is a Minister of the Crown shall be eligible for membership of the House of Lords unless they are in receipt of, or have been offered, a salary under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 4
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would mean that unpaid Ministers would not be eligible for membership of the House, effectively requiring all Lords Ministers to be paid.
Tabled: 17 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 17 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Legislating for changes to the composition of the House of Lords
(1) Where a resolution of the House of Lords establishes or changes—
(a) the age at which peers must retire,
(b) a minimum attendance requirement, or
(c) a participation requirement,
a relevant Minister must, within 12 months, take the action set out in subsection (2).
(2) Where a resolution is passed by the House of Lords in accordance with subsection (1) (a “relevant resolution”), the Secretary of State must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend the following Acts, as appropriate, in order to translate the relevant resolution into statute—
(a) this Act;
(b) the Life Peerages Act 1958;
(c) the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
(3) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 17 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to establish changes regarding the composition of the House in law, while allowing the House flexibility to change them.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement from the House of Lords
In section 1(2)(b) of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, after “peer” insert “or a person holding a lasting power of attorney for that peer”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment allows for a person holding a lasting power of attorney for a peer to sign on their behalf when notifying the Clerk of the Parliaments of the peer’s retirement.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was AGREED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Rights of life peers to sit in the House of Lords
(1) Section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) is amended as follows.
(2) At the end of subsection (1) insert “, and, as the case may be, the incidents specified in subsection (2A) of this section”.
(3) Omit from “and” in subsection (2)(a) to the end of subsection (2)(b).
(4) After subsection (2), insert—
“(2A) A peerage conferred under this section may, if the letters patent so state, during the life of the person on whom it is conferred, entitle him, subject to subsection (4) of this section, to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords and sit and vote therein accordingly, and shall expire on his death.””
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 4
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would make it possible to create a life peerage without a seat in parliament under the Life Peerages Act 1958.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Non-attendance
In section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (non-attendance)—
(a) in subsection (1), after the second “Lords”, insert “for 10% or more of sitting days”;
(b) in subsection (2), after “Lords”, insert “for 10% or more of sitting days”;
(c) in subsection (2)(a), leave out “at no time during the Session attended the House” and insert “attended the House for fewer than 10% of sitting days during the Session”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment will ensure that Peers would be required to sit at a minimum for more than 10% of the House's sitting days in order to maintain their membership of this House.
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages
In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert—
“(1A) During the period of five years following the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 comes into force, the House of Lords Appointments Commission may recommend to His Majesty that up to 20 life peerages be conferred on persons who intend to sit in the House of Lords as independent, unaffiliated or non-party Peers.””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 25 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to encourage the use of the House of Lords Appointments Commission as the means by which members of the Cross Benches are appointed following the removal of Hereditary Peers.
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Retirement
In section 1(2)(b) of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages), after “accordingly”, insert “until the age of 80, or the tenth anniversary of their introduction to the House, whichever is the later”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 25 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment will ensure that Peers would be required to retire either at the age of 80 years, or after 10 years of membership, whichever is later. This will allow members that join after the age of 70 to sit for at least a decade.
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Expiry of right to receive writ of summons
(1) The Life Peerages Act 1958 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1(2)(b) omit “subsection (4)” and insert “subsections (4) and (5).”
(3) After subsection (4) insert—
“(5) For peerages granted after the end of the Parliament in which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 is passed, the right to receive a writ of summons expires on the twentieth anniversary of the introduction of the person holding the peerage into the House of Lords.”.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Thurso (LD - Excepted Hereditary) - 25 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment introduces a term limit for peerages created after the end of this Parliament by limiting the right to receive a writ of summons to 20 years. It has no effect on existing peerages.
Tabled: 27 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 27 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Future composition of the House of Lords: elections by constituency
The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals for—
(a) a limit on membership of the House of Lords,
(b) geographical constituencies, determined by the boundary commission, for members of the House of Lords, and
(c) first-past-the-post elections to be held for membership of the House of Lords two years after elections are held for the House of Commons.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Brady of Altrincham (Con - Life peer) - 27 Jun 2025
Tabled: 30 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R-I Marshalled list for Report
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Restriction on nominating new life peers
(1) In the period between the commencement of this Act and the first General Election thereafter, the number of recommendations made to His Majesty for the granting of new life peerages under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) must not exceed one new peer for every life peer who leaves the House through retirement or death.
(2) Following the first General Election after the commencement of this Act, and for as long as the membership of the House of Lords exceeds the membership of the House of Commons, the number of recommendations made to His Majesty for the granting of new life peerages under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 must not exceed one new peer for every two life peers who leave the House through retirement or death.
(3) Once the membership of the House of Lords is equal to or less than the membership of the House of Commons, recommendations made to His Majesty for the granting of new life peerages under section 1 of that Act must not be such that they would cause the membership of the House of Lords to exceed the membership of the House of Commons.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 4
Lord Burns (XB - Life peer) - 30 Jun 2025
Tabled: 04 Jul 2025
HL Bill 49-R-I(a) Amendment for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
This amendment was DISAGREED
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“House of Lords select committee: implementing recommendations
(1) Where a select committee of the House of Lords has been established for the purpose of reporting on possible retirement ages for peers, minimum attendance and participation thresholds, and that committee makes recommendations to establish or change—
(a) the age at which peers must retire,
(b) a minimum attendance requirement, or
(c) a participation requirement,
a relevant Minister must, within 12 months of the committee reporting, take the action set out in subsection (2).
(2) The Secretary of State must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend the following Acts, as appropriate, in order to give effect to the recommendations in statute —
(a) this Act;
(b) the Life Peerage Act 1958;
(c) the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
(3) The recommendations in this section include a motion to approve the recommendations of a select committee, including any amendments to this.
(4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 04 Jul 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to place changes to the composition of the House recommended by any new select committee on a statutory footing.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
Clause 2, page 1, line 8, at end insert—
“(3) Any peerage claim is to be made to His Majesty in Council.
(4) A claim under this section must be made in accordance with such rules as His Majesty may by Order in Council prescribe.
(5) Section 3 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833 (reference to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of appeals to His Majesty in Council) applies to a claim under this section as it applies to an appeal to His Majesty in Council from a court.
(6) The Judicial Committee may require an applicant to give such security for the costs of the proceedings as the Judicial Committee may direct.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment clarifies the future of claims to a hereditary peerage as it was originally drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for the House of Lords Reform Bill 2012.
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 2, page 1, line 8, at end insert—
“(3) Where claims to hereditary peerages are determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (pursuant to section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833), the Committee must have regard to principles of gender equality.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 25 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
In the light of the fact that hereditary peerages often pass to eldest sons, this amendment seeks to ensure that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, where exercising any jurisdiction to determine peerage claims, does so in a manner that is not gender discriminatory to the extent that it is able.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Review: impact on the effectiveness of the House of Lords
Within 12 months of the day on which this Act comes into force, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament the report of a review detailing the effect of this Act on the ability of the House of Lords to scrutinise legislation and hold the Government to account.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Dundee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to require a review of the impact of this Act on the ability of the House of Lords to scrutinise legislation and hold the Government to account.
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
This amendment was DISAGREED
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Report: principles of gender equality
(1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act comes into force, undertake a consultation on how principles of gender equality should be applied when determining hereditary peerage claims which were formerly determined by the House of Lords.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish a report following the conclusion of the consultation which must address—
(a) the expectations of existing heirs;
(b) heirs born to unmarried parents;
(c) families with adopted children.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 25 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
In the light of the fact that hereditary peerages often pass to eldest sons, this amendment requires that the Secretary of State must, within six months of the commencement of this Act, consult on how principles of gender equality should be applied when determining hereditary peerage claims.
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of and consultation on appropriateness of name of House
The Secretary of State must, within six months of the day on which this Act is passed, lay before Parliament a report based on a public consultation on the implications of the provisions in this Act for the appropriateness of the name of the House of Lords.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 25 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment invites consideration of the suitability of the name “House of Lords” after the removal of the Hereditary Peers from Parliament.
Tabled: 17 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 17 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “Parliament” to end of line 17 and insert “during which the Secretary of State has published a draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform.
(3A) A “draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform” is a draft bill which includes proposals which—
(a) introduce a mandatory retirement age for members of the House of Lords;
(b) introduce term limits of 15 years for life peers;
(c) change the process of appointment of members of the House of Lords, so as to limit the discretion of the Prime Minister, and of the leaders of any political party, to secure the appointment of persons to sit and vote in the House of Lords;
(d) introduce minimum participation requirements for continued membership of the House of Lords;
(e) reduce the number of members entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords to fewer than 600 by the time the Parliament in which the draft bill was published was dissolved.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 17 Jun 2025
Tabled: 18 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 18 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 5, page 2, line 21, after “Peers” insert “and Proposals for a Democratic Mandate”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 18 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would change the short title of the Bill and is consequential on Lord Newby’s new Clause after Clause 1 “Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords”.
Tabled: 18 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 18 June 2025
This amendment was NOT MOVED
Clause 5, page 2, line 21, after “Peers” insert “and Appointments”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 2
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 18 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would change the short title of the Bill and is consequential on Lord Newby’s new Clause after Clause 1 “Life peerages not to be conferred against recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission”.
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
This amendment was WITHDRAWN
After the long title, insert the following new Preamble—
“Whereas it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a Second Chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis, but such substitution cannot be immediately brought into operation:”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 19 Jun 2025Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is copied from the preamble to the 1911 Parliament Act to highlight that Labour's plans for “an alternative second chamber that is more representative of the regions and nations” constitutes the same ambition for a popular basis for the House of Lords and that this Bill, like the 1911 Act, is another holding position because the intended substitution still “cannot be immediately brought into operation”.
Tabled: 13 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 13 April 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords (1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to take forward proposals to secure a democratic mandate for the House of Lords. (2) In pursuance of the duty under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must carry out the steps set out in subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6). (3) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a consultation paper on methods for introducing directly elected members in the House of Lords. (4) After laying the consultation paper under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must seek the views on the matters covered by that paper of – (a) each party and group in the House of Lords, (b) each political party represented in the House of Commons, (c) the Scottish Government, (d) the Welsh Government, (e) the Northern Ireland Executive, (f) local authorities in the United Kingdom, (g) representative organisations for local authorities in the United Kingdom, (h) the general public, which may include citizens' assemblies, and (j) such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (5) Within 16 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a report on responses to the consultation. (6) Within 18 months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a draft Bill containing legislative proposals on the matter mentioned in subsection (3).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) - 13 Jun 2025
Tabled: 18 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 18 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— "Term limits and retirement age (1) A member of the House of Lords who has sat in the House by virtue of a life peerage for 15 years or more ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session of Parliament. (2) A member of the House of Lords who reaches the age of 85 during a Session of Parliament ceases to be a member of the House of Lords at the end of that Session."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 18 Jun 2025
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “Life peerages for hereditary peers (1) Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Leader of the House of Lords, having consulted with the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers and the Leaders of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, must submit to the Prime Minister a list of those excepted hereditary Peers abolished under this Act who wish to continue to serve as members of the House of Lords. (2) Within three months of receiving the list, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that all excepted hereditary Peers on it be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 4
Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025
Tabled: 19 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “force” to end of line 17 and insert “at the end of the Session of Parliament during which the Secretary of State has published a draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform. (3A) A "draft bill with proposals for stage two of House of Lords reform” is a draft bill which includes proposals which- (a) introduce a mandatory retirement age for members of the House of Lords; (b) introduce term limits of 15 years for life peers; (c) Change the process of appointment of members of the House of Lords, so as to limit the discretion of the Prime Minister and of the leaders of any political party, to secure the appointment of persons to sit and vote in the House of Lords; (d) introduce minimum participation requirements for continued membership of the House of Lords; (e) reduce the number of members entitled to sit and vote in the House of Lords to fewer than 600 by the time this Parliament is dissolved.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 19 Jun 2025
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Life peerages to be nominated by party groups Within three months of this Act coming into force, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the following be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958— (a) 20 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Crossbench Group in the House of Lords, (b) 30 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Leader of the Conservative Party, (c) 3 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Leader of the Labour Party, and (d) 3 excepted hereditary peers proposed by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 3
Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) - 25 Jun 2025
Tabled: 26 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause- “Abolition of by-elections for hereditary peers (1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (2) substitute – “(2) No more than 87 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1.”
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) - 26 Jun 2025
Tabled: 26 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- “House of Lords Appointments Commission: recommendations for life peerages In the Life Peerages Act 1958, after section 1(1) (power to confer life peerages) insert - “(1A) No recommendation may be made to His Majesty to confer a life peerage except by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. (1B) No such recommendation may be made by that Commission unless the Commission is satisfied that the person to be recommended - (a) is a fit and proper person to sit and vote in the House of Lords and will participate appropriately in its business, and (b) is willing to swear an oath committing that for all things that are moved, treated and debated in the House of Lords, they will faithfully and truly declare their mind and opinion, according to their heart and conscience.'""
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) - 26 Jun 2025
Tabled: 26 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Life peerages for hereditary peers (1) Within three months of the day on which this Act is passed, the Leader of the House of Lords, having consulted with the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers and the Leaders of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, must submit to the Prime Minister a list of those excepted hereditary peers who wish to continue to serve as members of the House of Lords as life peers (and will if relevant resign from their position in the House as excepted hereditary peers in order to do so). (2) Within three months of receiving the list, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that all excepted hereditary peers on it be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages)."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 3
Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) - 26 Jun 2025
Tabled: 26 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Lord Chancellor In the case of any person who holds the office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain who is not currently a member of the House of Lords, the Prime Minister must recommend to His Majesty the King that the person be granted a life peerage under section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages).”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Jun 2025
Tabled: 26 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "No majority for one party in the House of Lords After section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958, insert – "1A No majority for one party in the House of Lords (1) An appointment may not be made to the House of Lords if it would have the effect of taking the total number of peers from parties forming part of the Government to more than 40% of the total members of that House. (2) If at any time the number of peers from parties forming part of the Government exceeds 40% of the total members of the House of Lords, no appointments to the parties forming part of the Government may be made until that number is reduced below 40% either by resignation, new appointments or leave of absence.””
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 1
Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) - 26 Jun 2025
Tabled: 26 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Unsalaried Ministers No one who is a Minister of the Crown shall be eligible for membership of the House of Lords unless they are in receipt of, or have been offered, a salary under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975."
Type: Opposition
Signatures: 2
Lord True (Con - Life peer) - 26 Jun 2025
Tabled: 26 Jun 2025
HL Bill 49-R Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Non-attendance In section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (non-attendance) - (a) in subsection (1), after the second “Lords”, insert “for 10% or more of sitting days"; (b) in subsection (2), after “Lords”, insert “for 10% or more of sitting days”; (c) in subsection (2)(a), leave out “at no time during the Session attended the House" and insert “attended the House for fewer than 10% of sitting days during the Session".
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 1
Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) - 26 Jun 2025
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Leave out Clause 1 and insert the following new Clause- "Abolition of by-elections for hereditary peers (1) Section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception from section 1) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (2) substitute - "(2) No more than 87 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1." (3) For subsection (4) substitute “(4) Any vacancy resulting from the death, retirement, resignation or expulsion of an excepted person under subsection (2) after the day on which the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2025 comes into force is not to be filled by further exception.”””
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Unsalaried Ministers (1) No one who is a Minister of the Crown shall be eligible for membership of the House of Lords unless they are in receipt of, or have been offered, a salary under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975. (2) This section does not apply to Ministers of the Crown appointed before the day on which this section comes into effect."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Rights of life peers to sit in the House of Lords (1) Section 1 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 (power to confer life peerages) is amended as follows. (2) At the end of subsection (1) insert “, and, as the case may be, the incidents specified in subsection (2A) of this section”. (3) Omit from “and” in subsection (2)(a) to the end of subsection (2)(b). (4) After subsection (2), insert – "(2A) A peerage conferred under this section may, if the letters patent so state, during the life of the person on whom it is conferred, entitle him, subject to subsection (4) of this section, to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords and sit and vote therein accordingly, and shall expire on his death."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause- "Resignation In section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (resignation), after subsection (4) insert- “(5) Where a notice under this section is given and signed by a person on behalf of a peer who lacks capacity to give or sign the notice, the notice must be given and signed in accordance with Standing Orders of the House.”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 12, after “section 1” insert “, (Resignation)”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 15, at end insert- "(2A) Section (Resignation), this section and section 5 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed."
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out “This Act comes” and insert “The other provisions of this Act come”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Clause 4, page 2, line 18, leave out subsection (4)
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0
Tabled: 23 Jul 2025
Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
NO DECISION has been made on this amendment
Title, line 2, after “Lords;” insert “to make provision about resignation from the House of Lords;”
Type: Backbencher
Signatures: 0