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Proceeding contribution from Lord Norton of Louth (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 28 April 2011. It occurred during Debate on select committee report on Procedure Committee.


Procedure Committee

My Lords, I have a query about the proposed new Standing Order for the election of the Lord Speaker. If a Lord Speaker resigns or dies in, say, mid-October, the election of the new Speaker will take place within three months under this new Standing Order—that is, no later than mid-January. However, under the proposed Standing Order, the new Lord Speaker will take office on 1 September in the year of the election. We could thus have a new Lord Speaker elected in January but not able to take up the post until 1 September, with the role presumably being filled in the interim by the Lord Chairman of Committees. Is that correct or have I missed something?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
727 c241 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Elections House of Lords Parliamentary procedure Oral questions Notice of motions Notice of questions Lord Speaker HL Standing Order No 19 HL Standing Order No 43
Link
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