A Bill to make provision about elections to and membership of the House of Lords; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
2 May 2017
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This Bill would reform the House of Lords by setting out rules for elections and membership. It aims to establish an elected or partly elected membership and to define who can stand and how elections would be run. It has begun its journey in the Lords, with a first reading in May 2016 and a second reading in February 2017, and is currently at the second reading stage.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the Lords. The first reading was on 26 May 2016 and the second reading took place on 3 February 2017.
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26 May 2016
3 Feb 2017
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 3 February.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2016-2017 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
