HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament
HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament
ABBREVIATIONS Erskine May Erskine May’s Treatise on The Law, Privileges and Usage of Parliament, 23rd edition, 2004 GO General Order (see paragraph 9.69) HL Deb. House of Lords Official Report (Hansard) LJ House of Lords Journals PBSO Private Business Standing Order SO Public Business Standing Order REFERENCES TO HOUSE OF LORDS COMMITTEE REPORTS Leave of Absence Offices Procedure House of Lords (Leave of Absence) Select Committee Select Committee on the House of Lords’ Offices Select Committee on Procedure of the House 12
CHAPTER 1 THE HOUSE AND ITS MEMBERSHIP Composition of the House 1.01 The following are members of the House of Lords: Lords Spiritual: – the Archbishops of Canterbury and York; – the Bishops of London, Durham and Winchester; – twenty-one other diocesan bishops of the Church of England according to seniority of appointment to diocesan sees; Lords Temporal: – Lords created for life under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (as amended) to serve as Lords of Appeal in Ordinary; 1 – Life Peers created under the Life Peerages Act 1958; – 90 Hereditary Peers elected under SO 9 2 or 10 pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999; – The Earl Marshal; 3 – The Lord Great Chamberlain. 4 Disqualification for membership 1.02 The following are disqualified for membership of the House of Lords: those under the age of twenty-one; 5 aliens 1 The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was repealed by Schedule 7 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, but Lords previously created under the Act remain members of the House. 2 SO followed by a number refers to the standing orders relating to public business. PBSO followed by a number refers to the standing orders governing private business. 3 House of Lords Act 1999, s. 2(2). 4 House of Lords Act 1999, s. 2(2). 5 SO 2. 13
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- Page 6 and 7: Secret sittings ...................
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- Page 10 and 11: Procedure on consideration of Commo
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- Page 20 and 21: no member of the House may act as s
- Page 22 and 23: Leave of absence 1.27 Members of th
- Page 24 and 25: announcement takes a standard form
- Page 26 and 27: emunerated directorships and other
- Page 28 and 29: Seating in the Chamber 1.54 The sid
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- Page 38 and 39: Messages to members of the Royal Fa
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- Page 42 and 43: Adjournment 3.09 At the end of busi
- Page 44 and 45: Leave of the House 3.19 The leave o
- Page 46 and 47: House of Lords Business 3.27 House
- Page 48 and 49: oral questions, which may be tabled
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- Page 52 and 53: 3.43 Private bills are entered on t
- Page 54 and 55: e taken during the dinner break. On
- Page 56 and 57: the remaining business from that si
- Page 58 and 59: must submit a notification and expl
- Page 60 and 61: papers can be found in the Handbook
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ABBREVIATIONS<br />
Erskine May<br />
Erskine May’s Treatise on The Law, Privileges<br />
and Usage of <strong>Parliament</strong>, 23rd edition, 2004<br />
GO General Order (see paragraph 9.69)<br />
HL Deb.<br />
House of Lords Official Report (Hansard)<br />
LJ<br />
House of Lords Journals<br />
PBSO<br />
Private Business Standing Order<br />
SO<br />
Public Business Standing Order<br />
REFERENCES TO <strong>HOUSE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>LORDS</strong><br />
COMMITTEE REPORTS<br />
Leave of Absence<br />
Offices<br />
Procedure<br />
House of Lords (Leave of Absence) Select<br />
Committee<br />
Select Committee on the House of Lords’<br />
Offices<br />
Select Committee on Procedure of the House<br />
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