Debate on 5 October 2010: The charitable sector and civil society. LLN 2010/020
Debate on 5 October 2010: The charitable sector and civil society. House of Lords Library Note 2010/020
Debate on 5 October 2010: The charitable sector and civil society. House of Lords Library Note 2010/020
Fiscal Responsibility Bill (HL Bill 24 of 2009–2010). The Fiscal Responsibility Bill imposes a statutory duty on the Treasury to meet specific targets for the reduction of government borrowing and debt. The Bill gives Parliament a greater role in fiscal policy. It has completed its passage through the House of Commons and is due for its second reading debate in the House of Lords on 10th February 2010. This House of Lords Library Note summarises the second reading debate and the other stages of the Bill’s passage through the House of Commons.
Equality Bill. House of Lords Library Note 2009/012
Research Briefing
The House of Lords Bill 1998–99 sought to abolish the right of all hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords, and represented the most significant attempt to reform the House for some years. During the Lords consideration of the Bill, Lord Weatherill moved an amendment to allow 92 hereditary peers to remain as Members of the House. Thus the amendment, which was accepted in both Houses and became part of the House of Lords Act 1999, has become known as the ‘Weatherill amendment’. This Library Note provides a history of the amendment and outlines developments since 1999.
Research Briefing
Debate on 14th May 2009: the wellbeing of children and families. House of Lords Library Note 2009/006