HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament
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papers can be found in the Handbook on facilities and services for Members. Public petitions 3.74 Members of the public may petition the House of Lords, but only a member of the House may present a petition. Members of the House should give the following guidance to members of the public who ask them to present petitions on their behalf. 3.75 Petitions to the House of Lords begin: “To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, The humble Petition of [names or designation of petitioners] sheweth”. 3.76 The general allegations of the petition follow. The petition ends with what is called a “prayer”, setting out what the petitioners desire the House to do. After the prayer are added the words “And your Petitioners will ever pray &c.” followed by the signatures. The petition may be written, printed or typed on paper. At least one signature must be on the same sheet as the petition. The signatures must not be stuck on to the paper. The petition of a corporation should be under its common seal, which must be affixed to the first sheet. 3.77 Members of the House presenting petitions should sign them, and either send them to the Clerk of the Parliaments or hand them in at the Table. 1 In either case, having notified the Table in advance, they rise in their place after oral questions and say: “My Lords, I beg to present a petition from [names or designation], which prays that this House will [the prayer is read out].” 3.78 They may add: “The petition bears X signatures.” but no speech may be made and no debate follows. 3.79 Petitions relating to a public bill may be presented at any time during its passage through the House. A petition relating to a bill which has not been before the House, or which has already been rejected by it, cannot be presented. 1 SO 74. 58
3.80 The presentation of a petition is recorded in the Minutes of Proceedings, and the petition is retained in the Parliamentary Archives for one year. However, no order is made for the petition to be printed unless a member of the House puts down a motion to debate it for a designated day; otherwise no action follows. 3.81 A member proposing to present a petition should consult the Journal Office at an early stage. Messages between the two Houses 3.82 A message is the means of formal communication between the two Houses. It is used for sending bills from one House to the other, for informing one House of the agreement or disagreement of the other to bills or amendments, for requesting the attendance of staff of either House as witnesses, for the exchange of documents, for the setting up of joint committees, to obtain agreement to the suspension of proceedings on legislation from one session to the next, and for other matters on which the two Houses wish to communicate. 3.83 Messages to the Commons are taken by a Lords Clerk and handed to the Serjeant-at-Arms. Messages from the Commons are brought by a Commons Clerk to the Bar of the House and presented to the Clerk at the Table. There is no special ceremony for the arrival of a message, and the business of the House proceeds without interruption. 59
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3.80 The presentation of a petition is recorded in the Minutes of<br />
Proceedings, and the petition is retained in the <strong>Parliament</strong>ary Archives for<br />
one year. However, no order is made for the petition to be printed<br />
unless a member of the House puts down a motion to debate it for a<br />
designated day; otherwise no action follows.<br />
3.81 A member proposing to present a petition should consult the<br />
Journal Office at an early stage.<br />
Messages between the two Houses<br />
3.82 A message is the means of formal communication between the<br />
two Houses. It is used for sending bills from one House to the other, for<br />
informing one House of the agreement or disagreement of the other to<br />
bills or amendments, for requesting the attendance of staff of either<br />
House as witnesses, for the exchange of documents, for the setting up of<br />
joint committees, to obtain agreement to the suspension of proceedings<br />
on legislation from one session to the next, and for other matters on<br />
which the two Houses wish to communicate.<br />
3.83 Messages to the Commons are taken by a Lords Clerk and<br />
handed to the Serjeant-at-Arms. Messages from the Commons are<br />
brought by a Commons Clerk to the Bar of the House and presented to<br />
the Clerk at the Table. There is no special ceremony for the arrival of a<br />
message, and the business of the House proceeds without interruption.<br />
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