This Library Note provides background information on the House of Lords Appointments Commission, with emphasis on recent proposals to reform the Commission and proposals to place it on a statutory footing.
House of Lords Appointments Commission (432 KB , PDF)
This Library Note provides background information about the House of Lords Appointments Commission. It outlines the establishment of the Commission in 2000 and examines proposals for its reform, particularly those relating to placing the Commission on a statutory footing. The Note also details proposals made in the Government’s House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, published in May 2011, and examines written and oral submissions to the Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform Bill. Finally, the Note examines the recommendations made by the Joint Committee in its April 2012 report.
House of Lords Appointments Commission (432 KB , PDF)
Following five days of debate, the House of Lords concluded committee stage on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The bill would end the exemption that 92 places in the House are filled by hereditary peers. This short update summarises the current status of the bill ahead of report stage, dates for which are yet to be scheduled.
In March 1925, the House of Lords debated a motion calling for legislation to be introduced to reform the House of Lords. Whilst composition was among the issues raised, debate focused on the loss of the House’s powers, which were curtailed by the Parliament Act 1911. The 1911 act had also called for the House to be reconstituted on a popular rather than hereditary basis. This briefing looks back at the discussion.
This page provides interactive data on the creation of life peerages in the House of Lords.
