Private Members' Bills
(asked on 13th October 2021) - View Source
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many Private Members’ Bills in each of the last five sessions were introduced in the House of Lords; and, for each session, how many of them received Royal Assent.
This question was answered on 27th October 2021
The figures for private members’ bills that started in the House of Lords are set out below. Figures are provided from the 2014–15 session, as the 2019 session lasted less than a month, up to and including the present session to date.
Session | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–19 | 2019 | 2019–21 | 2021–22 to date |
PMBs introduced in the House of Lords | 34 | 48 | 51 | 74 | 40 | 86 | 30 |
Lords-starting PMBs receiving Royal Assent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |