The Weatherill amendment. House of Lords Library Note 2007/009
The Weatherill amendment (updated November 2007). LLN 2007/009 (119 KB , PDF)
The Weatherill amendment (updated November 2007). LLN 2007/009 (119 KB , PDF)
The House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL] is a private member’s bill sponsored by Lord Norton of Louth (Conservative). The bill seeks to strengthen the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC). The House of Lords is due to debate the bill at second reading on 9 September 2022.
![House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 19 of 2022–23](https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/House-of-Lords-1232x924.png)
Voting practices in the House of Lords remained largely unchanged for over 150 years, until the Covid-19 pandemic prompted a dramatic switch to remote voting. The House has now returned to seeing members vote in division lobbies located either side of the chamber, but now pass readers rather than officials record voting members’ names and some members may continue to vote remotely. What is the background to these changes?
The restoration and renewal programme was created to deliver the substantial repairs and modernisation the Palace of Westminster requires. Legislation enacted in 2019 provided for an independent sponsor body and a delivery authority to manage and oversee the works. However, the Commissions of both Houses have jointly proposed the abolition of the sponsor body and the creation of a new joint department to carry out its functions as part of a new mandate for the programme.
