Members of the Lords
All Standard Notes
11 Documents
| 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stated that the draft Bill would be published in December 2010 but more recent statements have indicated that it will not be published until the New Year. | |
| 28.02.2011 | The House of Lords Appointments Commission |
| This note sets out the role of the Commission in more detail. It also summarises the conclusions of the December 2007 Public Administration Select Committee report, Propriety and Peerages. | |
| 16.11.2010 | Resignation, suspension and expulsion from the House of Lords |
| This note sets out the current rules on membership of the House of Lords and the disqualification criteria. It then outlines recent developments which have caused interest in the ability of the House of Lords to suspend and expel its own Members, and the ability of members of the House of Lords to stand down. It considers the provisions included in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill as introduced, and the reactions to them, including some of the main arguments made during the second reading debate. It also sets out proposals which have been made for time-limited appointments to the House of Lords - so called 'term peerages". | |
| 23.08.2010 | Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords |
| In November 2009 the Review Body on Senior Salaries (SSRB) published its Review of Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords. This note sets out the expense allowance system as it currently operates, the background to the 2009 SSRB report, and its recommendations. It then sets out the changes made so far to the system. | |
| 26.10.2009 | Religious representation in the House of Lords |
| Within the context of House of Lords' reform proposals, there has also been discussion of the future of the Lords Spiritual, and questions of whether other faiths groups should have representation in the second chamber. This note discusses these proposals including the Government's most recent White Paper on Lords reform published in July 2008. | |
| 08.01.2007 | House of Lords - continuing debate |
| This note relates some of the further developments in the debate on House of Lords reform that have taken place since the last Standard Note, House of Lords reform - recent developments (SN/PC/2973). The note also considers the steps that have been taken since to make progress on the question of Lords reform. | |
| 21.02.2005 | House of Lords Reform - recent developments |
| This note reviews developments in the debate on the reform of the House of Lords since the publication of the Government's consultation paper, Constitutional reform: next steps for the House of Lords. |
All Research Papers
8 Documents
| 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). | |
| 25.11.2003 | House of Lords developments since 2002 |
| House of Lords: developments since 2002. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/85. | |
| 24.10.2001 | House of Lords reform: developments since 1997 |
| House of Lords reform: developments since 1997. House of Commons Library Research paper 01/77. | |
| 15.06.2000 | Lords Reform: the Interim House - Background Statistics |
| Lords reform: the interim House - background statistics. House of Commons Library Research paper 00/61. |
