A Bill to make further provision to limit the size of the legislature by ensuring that the number of peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords does not exceed the number of parliamentary constituencies; to introduce a statutory limit on the number of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in each House of Parliament; and to set a maximum proportion of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in the total membership of each House of Parliament.
This bill aims to cap Parliament’s size by ensuring the number of voting peers in the House of Lords never exceeds the number of parliamentary constituencies. It also imposes statutory limits on how many Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries can sit in each House, and sets a maximum share of these roles within a House’s total membership.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons and is sponsored by Sir Christopher Chope.
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