A Bill to amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to make provision for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to be responsible for determining, paying, maintaining oversight of, and adjudicating complaints relating to, the allowances, expenses and financial interests of members of the House of Lords; to amend the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 to provide for the compulsory retirement of members of the House of Lords under certain conditions; to make provision for the reduction of the number of members in the House of Lords; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sir Edward LeighConservative
13 May 2016
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This Bill would change how the Lords’ allowances, expenses and financial interests are managed by moving responsibility to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. It would also introduce compulsory retirement for Lords under certain conditions and set out measures to reduce the total number of Lords. It is currently being debated in the House of Commons, at the 2nd reading stage.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the Commons. If it passes this stage, it would move on to further stages in the Commons before going to the Lords for consideration.
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17 Nov 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 November 2015 under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
