Debate on bill on Friday, 3 December 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Steel of Aikwood. The answering member was Baroness Verma.

House of Lords Reform Bill [HL]

House of Lords Reform Bill (HL). Queen's consent indicated. Lords second reading debate agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 722 c1688-742
Session: 2010-12
Legislative stage: Second reading
Procedure: Private members' bills proceedings
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: House of Lords Reform Bill (HL)
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Marquess of Lothian | 722 c1699-700 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with a certain trepidation that I rise today to address your Lordships’ House for th...; Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield | 722 c1706-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure and an honour to join your Lordships’ House. It is a pleasure because of ...; Lord Cobbold | 722 c1719-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming this Bill which proposes a series of reform measures...; Viscount Falkland | 722 c1723-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a remarkable debate. In the 26 years that I admit to your Lordships that I h...; Lord Rennard | 722 c1695-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, for my noble friend Lord Steel of Aikwood and perhaps a number of other noble Lords presen...; Lord Bilimoria | 722 c1700-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great privilege and an honour to follow the maiden speech of the noble Marquess, L...; Lord Trefgarne | 722 c1704-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin my remarks with how much I welcome the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Lothi...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 722 c1703-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Steel of Aikwood, for the way in which he moved his Bill again...; Lord Trefgarne | 722 c1706 (Link to this contribution) I understand what my noble friend is saying. I am thinking—I confess that I need to apply more thoug...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 722 c1706 (Link to this contribution) The problem with what my noble friend proposes is that, if he reads the report of our noble friend L...; Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 722 c1709 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not very often that I get the privilege of following a maiden speaker in your Lordsh...; Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 722 c1709-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that leads me neatly into expressing my complete support for the Bill again introduced so ...; Lord Grenfell | 722 c1712-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have heard two remarkable maiden speeches from Peers who will clearly be enormous asset...; Earl of Erroll | 722 c1714-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I suppose that I should thank the noble Lord, Lord Steel, for the opportunity to put one’s...; Lord Higgins | 722 c1711-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, not least because I think I agre...; Lord Wills | 722 c1720-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, salute the indefatigability of the noble Lord, Lord Steel, on bringing this Bill f...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 722 c1718-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much of the debate implicitly circles around a remark made by the noble Lord, Lord Rennard...; Lord Taverne | 722 c1716-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have taken no part in previous debates about the future of this Chamber, but I have list...; Lord Stewartby | 722 c1727-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at this stage in the debate I do not want to go back over all the issues that have been di...; Lord Howarth of Newport | 722 c1725-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we must thank the noble Lord, Lord Steel of Aikwood, for refining his Bill into ever more ...; Baroness Boothroyd | 722 c1697-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Steel, on his tenacious efforts to reform this House. ...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 722 c1693-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, another year, another Steel Bill. We should all be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Steel ...; Lord Howe of Aberavon | 722 c1691-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House has had the privilege of hearing my noble friend Lord Steel proposing, supportin...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 722 c1688-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The rules of the House require me ...; Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 722 c1688 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, ha...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 722 c1688 (Link to this contribution) That the Bill be read a second time.; Baroness Verma | 722 c1737-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Lord lets me make progress, he will see that I shall address the point that h...; Lord Trefgarne | 722 c1740 (Link to this contribution) I am not opposed to my noble friend’s Bill as a matter of principle, except for the passage on the r...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 722 c1739-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that everyone will agree that this has been a very interesting debate. In fact, I ...; Lord Steel of Aikwood | 722 c1740-2 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the noble Lord for that clarification. The noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Alverth...; Earl of Erroll | 722 c1734 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may suggest that the important thing is that, when all Cross-Benchers vote in one directio...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 722 c1735 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a significant point, although in the end the numbers count as well. The matter is ...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 722 c1732-4 (Link to this contribution) I am so sorry. I am already overcome by the tension in winding up on the noble Lord’s Bill. I also ...; Baroness Verma | 722 c1736-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the first time that I have had the opportunity to respond to this debate on your L...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 722 c1737 (Link to this contribution) Will the noble Baroness confirm that this Bill is not about an elected House, so the role that the p...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 722 c1732 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Steel, on his perseverance in bringing this Bill...; Lord Palmer | 722 c1732 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I wish to intervene in the gap, albeit that I had hoped to be...; Baroness Deech | 722 c1730-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find myself in the unenviable position of being one of the last speakers to contribute t...; Lord Desai | 722 c1728-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, here we go again with the noble Lord, Lord Steel, and his Bill. I am reminded of the famou...
Notes: Bill title changed at Report stage
Subjects: Criminal records Allowances By-elections House of Lords House of Commons Eligibility Disqualification Hereditary peers House of Lords composition Leave House of Lords Appointments Commission Public appointments Peers Life peers Reform
Legislation: House of Lords Reform Bill (HL) 2010-12; House of Lords (Amendment) Bill (HL) 2010-12
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

House of Lords Reform Bill [HL]

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