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.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
2 May 2012
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Parliament (Amendment) Bill would cap the size of Parliament by ensuring the number of voting peers in the House of Lords does not exceed the number of parliamentary constituencies. It would introduce statutory limits on how many Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries can sit in each House, and set a maximum share of these roles in each House's total membership. The aim is to keep the two Houses within clearer size limits and create formal caps on government and other official roles in Parliament.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons with initial readings in 2010 and 2011; no subsequent stages are recorded in the provided information.
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