Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether, when the Clerk of the Parliaments announces the winner of the hereditary peers’ by-election on 9 February, he will also announce the number of votes cast for each candidate in the final round of voting.

As detailed information on the number of votes cast for each candidate is already freely available to members in the Printed Paper Office (PPO) and on the internet as soon as the announcement has been made in the Chamber, there are no plans for the Clerk of the Parliaments to announce this further detail in the Chamber.