To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill on the Salisbury-Addison Convention in the House of Lords.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill on the Salisbury-Addison Convention in the House of Lords.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with the Leader of the House of Lords on the applicability of the Salisbury-Addison convention to the policies set out in the English Devolution white paper, published on 16 December 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with the Leader of the House of Lords on the applicability of the Salisbury-Addison convention to the policies set out in the English Devolution white paper, published on 16 December 2024.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the constitutional implications of the reforms in the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill for (1) the continued validity of the Salisbury-Addison Convention, and (2) the conventions of the House of Lords in not rejecting secondary legislation.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the constitutional implications of the reforms in the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill for (1) the continued validity of the Salisbury-Addison Convention, and (2) the conventions of the House of Lords in not rejecting secondary legislation.

According to the Salisbury Convention, the House of Lords gives a second reading to government bills that seek to implement manifesto commitments, does not subject manifesto bills to wrecking amendments and returns manifesto bills to the Commons in reasonable time. This House of Lords Library Briefing examines the development of the convention and looks at the debates on how it applied after the 2010 and 2017 general elections, which both produced a hung parliament.

According to the Salisbury Convention, the House of Lords gives a second reading to government bills that seek to implement manifesto commitments, does not subject manifesto bills to wrecking amendments and returns manifesto bills to the Commons in reasonable time. This House of Lords Library Briefing examines the development of...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Salisbury convention will apply to manifesto commitments of the Democratic Unionist Party.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Salisbury convention will apply to manifesto commitments of the Democratic Unionist Party.

This House of Lords Library briefing describes the background to the Salisbury Convention and considers how it applies when a hung parliament produces a minority or coalition government.

This House of Lords Library briefing describes the background to the Salisbury Convention and considers how it applies when a hung parliament produces a minority or coalition government.

This In Focus note briefly outlines the Salisbury-Addison Convention, and its interpretation and development.

This In Focus note briefly outlines the Salisbury-Addison Convention, and its interpretation and development.

This Library Note aims to provide background reading for the debate on 20 January 2011: "To call attention to the constitutional and parliamentary effect of Coalition Government".

This Library Note aims to provide background reading for the debate on 20 January 2011: "To call attention to the constitutional and parliamentary effect of Coalition Government".

To ask the Leader of the House whether she has had discussions with the authorities in the House of Lords on the interpretation of the Salisbury Convention in relation to the European Union (Amendment) Bill.

To ask the Leader of the House whether she has had discussions with the authorities in the House of Lords on the interpretation of the Salisbury Convention in relation to the European Union (Amendment) Bill.

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, but either he has cloth ears or he has problems with semantics. I used to be an English teacher, so I shall give him an English lesson if that is what he wants. In our manifesto, we understood that ID cards...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, but either he has cloth ears or he has problems with semantics. I used to be an English teacher, so I shall give him an English lesson if that is what he wants. In our manifesto, we understood that ID cards...

The Home Secretary says that foreign travel is not compulsory. Oh, yes it is: I am afraid that people cannot be Foreign Office employees without going abroad. The idea is clearly ridiculous. Under this Bill, ID cards are clearly not voluntary; they are clearly compulsory.

The Home Secretary says that foreign travel is not compulsory. Oh, yes it is: I am afraid that people cannot be Foreign Office employees without going abroad. The idea is clearly ridiculous. Under this Bill, ID cards are clearly not voluntary; they are clearly compulsory.

It is not compulsory.

It is not compulsory.

indicated dissent.

indicated dissent.

My hon. Friend is right, and I suspect that the Home Secretary designed his speech today to try to drive away the memory of his second intervention on Monday, which was a ridiculous disgrace.

My hon. Friend is right, and I suspect that the Home Secretary designed his speech today to try to drive away the memory of his second intervention on Monday, which was a ridiculous disgrace.

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. He will have noted, as the House will have done, that the hon. Member for South Swindon (Anne Snelgrove) a few moments ago used the word ““understood”” in respect of the Labour manifesto. Does he accept that the hon....

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. He will have noted, as the House will have done, that the hon. Member for South Swindon (Anne Snelgrove) a few moments ago used the word ““understood”” in respect of the Labour manifesto. Does he accept that the hon....

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. It is disgraceful for the Government to try to pretend that they are rewriting the manifesto. Did we not all hear the Home Secretary on Monday try to defend this proposal with his reference to free will? He said:"““That...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. It is disgraceful for the Government to try to pretend that they are rewriting the manifesto. Did we not all hear the Home Secretary on Monday try to defend this proposal with his reference to free will? He said:"““That...

I will in a moment, the hon. Lady need not worry. To do that, the right hon. Gentleman is forced to the ludicrous assertion that passports are somehow voluntary too. He said that, in terms, the other day. Later this year, the World Cup tournament will be held in Germany....

I will in a moment, the hon. Lady need not worry. To do that, the right hon. Gentleman is forced to the ludicrous assertion that passports are somehow voluntary too. He said that, in terms, the other day. Later this year, the World Cup tournament will be held in Germany....

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Yes: the Home Secretary said that a majority of peers—Cross Benchers, Liberal, Labour and Conservative peers—were against the proposal, not that all of them were. That is another factor that we must put to one side. To justify his stance as the representative of the people, the right hon. Gentleman...

Yes: the Home Secretary said that a majority of peers—Cross Benchers, Liberal, Labour and Conservative peers—were against the proposal, not that all of them were. That is another factor that we must put to one side. To justify his stance as the representative of the people, the right hon. Gentleman...