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Proposed amendments

61 amendments across 2 provisions

Clause 1 32

Amendment Unnumbered#4468No decisionRemoves provision
Amendment text
The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 1 stand part of the Bill.
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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 1#4421DisagreedAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsection (1)
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Decision
This amendment was disagreed to. Where a member has given notice of their intention to oppose a Clause/Schedule standing part of a Bill, 'disagreed' indicates that the Clause/Schedule remained part of the Bill.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 2#4422DisagreedAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsection (2)
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Decision
This amendment was disagreed to. Where a member has given notice of their intention to oppose a Clause/Schedule standing part of a Bill, 'disagreed' indicates that the Clause/Schedule remained part of the Bill.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 3#4424Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The amendment was not moved. The House was not invited to take a decision on it (though it may have been debated with other amendments).
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 4#4439Not movedAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The amendment was not moved. The House was not invited to take a decision on it (though it may have been debated with other amendments).
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 5#4441WithdrawnAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The amendment was withdrawn after debate and no decision was taken on it.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 6#4431WithdrawnAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The amendment was withdrawn after debate and no decision was taken on it.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 7#4448No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 8#4440No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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8
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 9#4450No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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9
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 10#4451No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 11#4432No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
For section 2(4) substitute—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 12#4474No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
For section 2(3) to (5) substitute—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 13#4533No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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13
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 14#4453No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “or a person holding the office of Earl Marshal”
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14
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The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 15#4454No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “or a person performing the office of the Lord Great Chamberlain”
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15
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 16#4452No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “or a person holding the office of Earl Marshal or performing the office of the Lord Great Chamberlain”
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16
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 17#4455No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “, unless that person was recorded as voting in support of the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999”
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The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 18#4429No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “, and except a person who is elected in accordance with Standing Orders of the House to serve as a Deputy Speaker”
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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 19#4430No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “, and except a person who is elected in accordance with Standing Orders of the House to serve in any office that the House may require”
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19
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 20#4469No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “and the child who succeeds to the person's peerage, on the death of that person”
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20
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 21#4470No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “and, in addition, the person holding the office of Earl Marshal and the person performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, if the holder of a hereditary peerage which, before the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, would have entitled the holder to a writ of summons to Parliament”
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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 22#4471No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “and, in addition, any holder of a hereditary peerage who is styled His or Her Royal Highness”
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22
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 23#4472No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “or a person who fulfils the requirements of subsection (2A).
A person fulfils the requirements of this subsection if—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 24#4473No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “or a person who fulfils the requirements of subsection (2A).
A person fulfils the requirements of this subsection if—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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24
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 26#4531No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert—
Any hereditary peer holding the office of Earl Marshal, or performing the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of their office.”
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26
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 27#2866No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsection (4)
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Marshalled no.
27
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 28#2867No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsection (5)
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Marshalled no.
28
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 29#2868No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out subsection (6)
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Marshalled no.
29
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 30#4164No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out “of the”
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Marshalled no.
30
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1
Amendment 31#4482No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert—
After Schedule 1 insert—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Marshalled no.
31
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 1

Clause 2 29

Amendment 32#4456No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out “the whole of the United Kingdom” and insert “England and Wales”
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Marshalled no.
32
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 33#4457No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out “the whole of the United Kingdom” and insert “England and Wales and Northern Ireland”
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Marshalled no.
33
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 34#4467No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “two months after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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34
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 35#4436No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to the end of line 20 and insert “two months after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that the coming into force of section 1 is approved by a vote of excepted hereditary peers.”
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35
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 36#4437No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to the end of line 20 and insert “two months after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that the coming into force of section 1 is approved by a vote of all hereditary peers, whether or not excepted under the House of Lords Act 1999.”
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36
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 37#4438No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “two months after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that the coming into force of section 1 is approved by votes of the excepted hereditary peers who are members of each party or group specified in Standing Orders of the House making provision about excepted hereditary peers.”
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37
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 38#4442No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “on a day appointed by the Secretary of State by regulations made by statutory instrument.
Regulations may not be made under subsection (2) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”
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38
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 39#4443No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “on a day appointed by the Secretary of State by regulations made by statutory instrument.
Regulations may not be made under subsection (2) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before each House of Parliament, and a period of 40 days has expired without either House passing a resolution that the regulations should not be made.”
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39
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 40#4445No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “one month after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that the House of Lords has passed a resolution approving the coming into force of section 1.”
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Marshalled no.
40
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 41#4444No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “one month after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that the House of Commons has passed a resolution approving the coming into force of section 1.”
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Marshalled no.
41
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 42#4446No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “one month after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that each House of Parliament has passed a resolution approving the coming into force of section 1.”
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Marshalled no.
42
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 43#4449No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to the end of line 20 and insert “when the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that the proportion of female hereditary peers who are members of the House of Lords is the same as it was on the day on which the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed.”
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43
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 44#4524No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “two months after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Marshalled no.
44
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 45#4523No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “two months after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Marshalled no.
45
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 45A#4621No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
leave out from “force” to end of line 20 and insert “two months after the condition in subsection (2A) is met.
The condition in this subsection is that—

The Bills API publishes only the tabling instruction here, not the inserted text itself — the full wording is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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45A
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 56#3404No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert “, provided that on that day no political party has a higher percentage of the total number of politically affiliated peers in the House of Lords than the percentage of the votes cast for that party in the preceding general election.
Should the condition in subsection (2) not be fulfilled, section 1 will only come into force on the first day of the month following the date on which all political parties represented in the House fulfil that condition.”
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Marshalled no.
56
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 57#4532No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert—
This Act ceases to have effect five years after it is passed, unless the condition in subsection (3B) is satisfied.
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57
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 58#4534No decisionAmends text
Amendment text
at end insert—
This Act ceases to have effect 10 years after it is passed.
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58
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2
Amendment 59#4535No decisionNew clause / schedule
Amendment text
Preamble
Insert the following Preamble—

Only the heading is published via the Bills API — the full text of this new clause/schedule is set out in the marshalled Amendment Paper.

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Marshalled no.
59
Decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Tabled againstAs introduced· Clause 2