Members of the Lords

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on members of the House of Lords. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.

Standard Notes

Date	Description
15.11.2012	Ministers in the House of Lords
	This note considers how the number of ministers and Cabinet ministers in the House of Lords has changed in recent history. It considers briefly the accountability arrangements for the latter and it looks at the appointment of 'outside' ministerial appointments to the Lords.
04.07.2012	House of Lords Statistics
	This note provides summary statistics on the composition and activity of the House of Lords.
13.06.2012	Peerage Creations since 1997
	This Standard Note provides details of appointments to the House of Lords since May 1997. It provides tables showing the numbers appointed under Prime Ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron, broken down by party affiliation at the time of appointment. It also includes a chronological list of all those appointed during this period. This note has been authored jointly by staff in the House of Commons and House of Lords Libraries. The same paper has been published as both a House of Lords Library Note (LLN 2011/008) and a House of Commons Library Standard Note (SN/PC/5867).
03.11.2011	PIL: MPs and Peers with Dual Mandates
	Dual mandate is the term used to describe those MPs and Peers who, in addition to their seat in the United Kingdom Parliament, also hold a seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs), the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or the National Assembly for Wales (AMs).
02.06.2011	Reform of the House of Lords: the Coalition Agreement and further developments
	This note outlines the proposals for House of Lords reform contained in the Coalition Agreement, including those for the preparation of a draft Bill to create a fully or mainly elected House. Initial announcements stated that the draft Bill would be published in December 2010 but more recent statements have indicated that it will not be published until the New Year.

Research Papers

Date	Description
01.04.2008	Parliamentary pay, allowances and pensions
04.12.2007	House of Lords - Developments since January 2004
09.10.2006	Parliamentary pay and allowances
09.06.2005	Parliamentary pay and allowances
18.05.2004	Parliamentary pay and allowances
	Parliamentary pay and allowances. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/40. (Replaces Research Paper 03/64).

Select Committee Reports

Date	Description
12.01.2012	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) eleventh report on the Conduct of Lord Avebury.
	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) report [Lords]
13.12.2011	House Committee (HL) second report on Recovery of Money Wrongly Claimed by Members.
	House Committee (HL) report [Lords]
31.10.2011	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) eighth report on the Conduct of Lord Taylor of Warwick.
	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) report [Lords]
31.10.2011	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) ninth report on the Conduct of Lord Hanningfield.
	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) report [Lords]
31.10.2011	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) tenth report on the Guide to the Code of Conduct.
	Privileges and Conduct Select Committee (HL) report [Lords]

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
07.04.2010	CONDUCT OF LORD LANG
	That this House believes that Lord Lang, having been appointed to the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, should refrain from seeking any further business appointments; ...
03.03.2010	NON-DOMICILED TAXPAYERS AND PARLIAMENT
	That this House believes that citizens who choose to have non-domiciled status, and thus avoid paying tax on income earned outside the United Kingdom, should be debarred from being ...
02.03.2010	CONDUCT OF LORD ASHCROFT
	That this House notes the recent admission of Lord Ashcroft that he has had non-domiciled status since his appointment to the House of Lords; and questions the sums of money which have ...
02.03.2010	DECLARATION OF DOMICILE OF CHOICE
	That this House believes that all non-domiciled Members of either House should declare in the registers of Members' interests and Lords' interests their domicile of choice.
15.12.2009	TAXATION STATUS OF HON. MEMBERS
	That this House believes that Members of both Houses of Parliament should be domiciled and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom; notes that the Government is to bring forward a ...

Lords Library Notes

Date	Description
12.06.2012	Peerage Creations since 1997
	This House of Lords Library Note provides details of appointments to the House of Lords since May 1997.
07.06.2012	Members of the House of Lords: Voting at Parliamentary Elections
	This Library Note provides background information on the disqualification of Peers from voting at elections to the House of Commons.
14.05.2012	House of Lords: Ministers
	This Library Note looks at the role of Ministers in the House of Lords in the context of current proposals for reform of the House.
11.05.2012	Lord Steel of Aikwood's Private Member's Bills on House of Lords Reform
	This Library Note provides background information on the Private Member's Bills introduced by Lord Steel of Aikwood containing proposals to reform the membership of the House of Lords.
09.05.2012	House of Lords Appointments Commission
	This Library Note provides background information on the House of Lords Appointments Commission, with emphasis on recent proposals to reform the Commission and proposals to place it on a statutory footing.
06.03.2012	Regional Representation in the House of Lords
	This Library Note provides statistics about the connections members of the House of Lords have with the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.