A Bill to make provision for the appointment of a Commission to advise the Prime Minister on recommendations to the Crown for the creation of life peerages; to establish principles to be followed in making recommendations; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
20 March 2025
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The Bill would create an independent House of Lords Appointments Commission to vet life peerage nominations and advise the Prime Minister on appointments, with rules aimed at independence and a non‑partisan process. In the Lords’ Committee stage, amendments seek greater transparency, regional balance, and public accountability by expanding the Commission, introducing new disclosure requirements, and mandating public consultation and regional engagement, while some changes would give the Commission more discretion in certain duties.
The bill remains at Committee stage in the Lords. A package of 26 amendments proposed by Lord Jackson of Peterborough seeks to make the process more transparent, accountable and regionally balanced, while also adjusting the Commission’s size, terms and duties. The bill’s fate will depend on further debates and votes in Committee.
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14 Mar 2025
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Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the bill - took place on 14 March.
What happens next?
Committee stage - line by line examination of the bill - is yet to be scheduled.
This running list records amendments proposed by Lord Jackson of Peterborough to the House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL], aimed at greater transparency, accountability and regional balance in the peerage nomination process. Key changes include a new Register of Members’ Financial and Other Interests for Commission members, annual rule reviews with Cabinet Office-style public consultation, a Freedom of Information clause, regional meetings, and an annual Commission report with parliamentary appearances. Some amendments also broaden regional representation and increase the number of nominations (nine to twelve) while adjusting certain duties from mandatory to advisory.
This Lords amendment paper lists proposed changes to the House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill, authored by Lord Jackson of Peterborough. It adds new transparency and accountability measures, including a Register of Members’ Financial and Other Interests for Commission members; making Commission proceedings subject to the Freedom of Information Act; publishing Explanatory Memoranda within three months of Commission decisions; and requiring public consultation and regular reviews of Commission rules, alongside various textual tweaks to the Bill (and expanding some eligibility rules).
The Bill would create a nine‑member House of Lords Appointments Commission to vet peerage nominations and advise the Prime Minister; the PM must refer names to the Commission and may not nominate anyone the Commission determines does not meet the criteria for a peerage. The Commission may propose candidates (including those nominated by members of the public) and set additional criteria, provided those criteria are laid before Parliament and subject to annulment; proposed names must have no party alignment. It also sets rules for the Lords’ composition—at least 20% independents, no party with an absolute majority, and a size no larger than the Commons—and sets out the Commission’s structure and terms (nine members, independence requirements, Privy Counsellor presence, seven-year non-renewable terms) with removal by parliamentary address; it includes a one-off allowance to nominate up to 40 peerages at the start of a Parliament when replacing a party leader, and applies to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, coming into force three months after passage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
