Research Briefing
Dissolution Honours: Peerage Creations 1959-2015
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information on peerage creations announced through dissolution lists at each general election since 1958.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords: Backgrounds in Public Life
This House of Lords Library briefing presents lists of current Members of the House who have held selected offices and positions in public life.
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Research Briefing
Hereditary By-elections: Results
This House of Lords Library briefing provides a list of hereditary peers' by-election results since the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, including information on turn out and the number of candidates.
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Research Briefing
Queen’s Speech: Lords Movers and Seconders
This House of Lords Library briefing provides a list of the mover and seconder following each Queen’s Speech for the past 20 years, along with each Member’s party affiliation at the time.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords: Party and Group Strengths and Voting
This House of Lords Library briefing presents statistics on the relative size of the three largest political parties and the politically unaligned groups in the House of Lords. It also presents select statistics on voting behaviour in the House.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords: Statistical Profile of Membership—January 2017
This House of Lords Library briefing presents a range of information about the membership of the House of Lords as the House was composed on Friday 27 January 2017. This briefing has been updated, a link is available in the 'Read more' section below.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords Reform Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library briefing provides information in support of the House of Lords consideration of the House of Lords Reform Bill [HL].
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Research Briefing
Publishing Statistics on the Time Spent on Parliamentary Proceedings on Each Part of an Act
This House of Lords Library briefing examines the background to a proposal that information should be published alongside every Act showing the length of time spent on it at each stage in the parliamentary process to highlight the level of scrutiny it had received.
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Research Briefing
Leaving the European Union: Machinery of Government Changes
This Lords Library briefing explores machinery of government changes announced by the Prime Minister, Theresa May, on 18 July 2016, in the wake of the United Kingdom’s referendum vote in favour of leaving the European Union.
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Research Briefing
Statistics on the Size and Composition of the House of Lords
This House of Lords Library briefing provides updated data on the size and composition of the House of Lords in preparation for the 5 December 2016 debate on the size of the House.
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Research Briefing
Select Committees in the House of Lords: Updated November 2016
This House of Lords Library Note considers committees in the House of Lords which deal with public matters.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading of the House of Lords Bill [HL] in the House of Lords on Friday 21 October 2016.
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Research Briefing
Peerages Awarded to Former Prime Ministers 1902-2016
This House of Lords Library briefing lists former prime ministers who have held office since 1902, together with information on whether the individuals received a peerage after leaving the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
Lobbying (Transparency) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
This House of Lords Library briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading of the Lobbying (Transparency) Bill [HL] in the House of Lords on Friday 9 September.
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Research Briefing
Hereditary By-elections: Results
This House of Lords Library briefing provides a list of hereditary peers' by-election results since the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, including information on turn out and the number of candidates.
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