House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] — Committee (2nd Day) — 7 Sep 2018 at 13:00

Tabled by Lord Northbrook

16: Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert- “(2) For section 2(3) to (5) substitute-“( ) Standing Orders must provide for-(a) the 90 people to be excepted for the duration of a Parliament; and(b) the Hereditary Peers Commission, at the beginning of each Parliament, to determine which holders of hereditary peerages should fill the 90 places provided for in subsection (2).(3) Schedule (Hereditary Peers Commission) makes provision about the Hereditary Peers Commission.””

Moved by Lord Northbrook

16A: Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert-“(2) Section 2 is amended as follows.(3) At the beginning of subsection (3) insert “Subject to subsection (3A),”(4) After subsection (3) insert-“(3A) An excepted person elected to the House of Lords under subsection (4) after the House of Lords has passed a resolution that steps have been taken to implement paragraphs 29, 35, 39 and 48 to 51 of the Burns Report (fixed-term appointments) remains a member of the House of Lords for a period of 15 years beginning with the day on which they receive a Writ of Summons.(3B) In this section “Burns Report” means the report of the Lords Speaker's committee on the size of the House of Lords, published on 31 October 2017.”(5) At the end of subsection (4)(b) insert “, or(c) a vacancy arises on the end of the 15 year period of an excepted person under subsection (3A),””

Moved by Lord Northbrook

17: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out from “than” to end of line 6 and insert “90 people at any one time shall be excepted from section 1; but anyone excepted as holder of the office of Earl Marshal or as performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain shall not count towards that limit.”

Moved by The Earl of Caithness

32: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out “not to be filled by further exception” and insert “to be filled by the holding of a by-election, in which all members of the House of Lords are entitled to vote, with further provision to be made by Standing Orders”

Tabled by Lord True

33: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert “, if that person is, or has been, a member of a political party group within the House of Lords which has at the time of the vacancy a higher proportion of the total membership of the House than the proportion that political party secured of the total votes cast at the preceding General Election”

Moved by Lord True

33A: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert “, if, within a month of the vacancy arising, the Prime Minister has recommended to Her Majesty the conferment of a peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958 on a person who has the same party affiliation as that of the group to which the deceased excepted peer was originally elected”

Ayes 21, Noes 73.

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Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton WaldristCon (front bench)aye
The Earl of CaithnessCon (front bench)aye
Lord Colgrain Con (front bench)aye
Lord Colwyn Conaye
Baroness Couttie Conaye
Lord Cromwell Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness D'Souza Crossbenchaye
Lord Garel-Jones Conaye
Lord Holmes of RichmondCon (front bench)aye
The Earl of KinnoullCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Mancroft Conaye
Lord McColl of DulwichConaye
Baroness Meyer Conaye
The Duke of MontroseCon (front bench)aye
Lord Northbrook Conaye
Lord Shinkwin Conaye
The Earl of ShrewsburyConaye
Lord Swinfen Con (front bench)aye
Lord Trefgarne Con (front bench)tellaye
Viscount Trenchard Conaye
Lord True Con (front bench)tellaye
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)no
Lord Adebowale Crossbenchno
Lord Adonis Labno
Lord Anderson of IpswichCrossbenchno
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLab (minister)no
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)no
Baroness Barker LDem (front bench)no
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)no
Lord Beith LDem (front bench)no
Lord Berkeley of KnightonCrossbenchno
Lord Best Crossbenchno
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-HeywoodJudge (front bench)no
Lord Browne of LadytonLabno
Lord Campbell-Savours Lab (minister)no
Lord Cashman Lab (minister)no
Lord Chidgey LDemno
Lord Cormack Con (front bench)no
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)no
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)no
Baroness Deech Crossbenchno
Lord Desai Lab (minister)no
Baroness Donaghy Lab (minister)no
Baroness Doocey LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Drake Lab (minister)no
Lord Empey UUP (front bench)no
The Earl of ErrollCrossbenchno
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)no
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDem (front bench)no
Lord Grocott Lab (minister)no
Lord Harris of HaringeyLab (minister)no
Lord Haskel Lab (minister)no
Baroness Hayter of Kentish TownLab (minister)no
Baroness Healy of Primrose HillLab (minister)no
Baroness Henig Lab (minister)no
Baroness Hussein-Ece LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Janke LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Jolly LDem (front bench)no
Lord Jones of BirminghamCrossbenchno
Lord Judd Lab (minister)no
Lord Judge Judge (front bench)no
Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)tellno
Baroness Kramer LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Lawrence of ClarendonLab (minister)no
Lord Lea of CrondallLabno
Lord Loomba Crossbenchno
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Ludford LDem (front bench)no
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)no
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Massey of DarwenLab (minister)no
Lord McAvoy Lab (minister)no
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)no
Lord McNicol of West KilbrideLab (minister)no
Lord Paddick LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLabtellno
Lord Rennard LDemno
Lord Rooker Lab (minister)no
Lord Rosser Lab (minister)no
Lord Russell of LiverpoolCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Sharkey LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Sherlock Lab (minister)no
Baroness Smith of NewnhamLDem (front bench)no
Lord Snape Labno
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Stoneham of DroxfordLDem (front bench)no
Lord Taylor of Goss MoorLDemno
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Thornton Lab (minister)no
Lord Tyler LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Uddin Non-affiliatedno
Baroness Walmsley LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Warwick of UndercliffeLab (minister)no
Lord Watson of InvergowrieLab (minister)no

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