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444486

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Parliamentary Procedure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will initiate discussions with the usual channels as to the desirability of establishing a general principle whereby items of business with a speakers list of more than 35 members should be tabled over two days, and not on one.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>Where the Speakers List for a debate is exceptionally long, it is open to the Usual Channels to consider special arrangements - including an early sitting of the House (as was arranged for the Second Reading of the European Union Referendum Bill) or adjourning the debate and resuming it on a subsequent day. However, in considering whether to make such arrangements, account must also be taken of members wishing to speak who may not be able to be present on a subsequent day, or for an earlier sitting, and would consequently not be able to participate if such an arrangement were made at short notice. For this reason, case-by-case consideration of the best way forward may serve the House better than a general principle, and so I do not propose to initiate discussions along the lines suggested at this time.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/01/2016 12:23:18 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

439526

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Prayer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House when revising the process for prayers was last considered, and what consideration has been given to including an opportunity for additional prayers following a national or international tragedy or disaster.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The process for prayers was last considered by the Procedure Committee in December 2012 (3rd Report, Session 2012-13, HL Paper 81). Any change to the present arrangements would be a matter for the Procedure Committee, in consultation with the Lords Spiritual.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 05/01/2016 15:53:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

435749

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Debates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she now considers the advisory time limit on speeches in debates should be compulsory, and if so, what recommendations she will bring forward for enforcement of the limit.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL4324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>It is already open to the House to time-limit debates in the Chamber or Grand Committee to a specific number of hours, with attendant compulsory time limits for speakers (Companion to the Standing Orders, Paras. 6.65-6.66). As this facility is already available, I do not plan to bring forward additional proposals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/12/2015 17:52:14 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

425248

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Government Defeats
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what percentage of House of Lords divisions resulted in Government defeats (1) in the 2001–2005 Parliament; (2) in the 2005–2010 Parliament; (3) in the 2010–2015 Parliament; and (4) since the 2015 general election to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL3174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Statistics compiled by the Journal Office indicate that the percentage of House of Lords divisions resulting in Government defeats were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliament</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of defeats</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-05</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-10</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-15</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 16/11/2015 16:42:51 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

424778

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 26 October (HL2541), whether they will publish the latest figures on the number of members of each party in the House, and the ratio of government to opposition members, including all those peers whose introduction has been scheduled.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>Including all those peers whose introduction or retirement has been advertised in <em>House of Lords Business</em>, and assuming no other changes to the membership of the House, as of 19 January 2016 there will be 249 members on the Conservative benches, 212 members on the Labour benches, and 112 members on the Liberal Democrat benches. This means that there will be 75 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p><p><strong><br></strong>That will be 29 more peers than at the end of the 2009-10 session, when there were only 46 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/11/2015 15:09:18 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

423149

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Peers: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of whether denying a member of the House of Lords who is a Special Adviser the right to speak is in breach of the letters patent, which refer to "seat" and "voice".
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL2899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>A member of the House of Lords who is eligible to take part in the work of the House, and who is also a serving special adviser, is not denied the right to speak. It has, however, been an accepted practice under successive administrations that members in that position vote but refrain from speaking.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 05/11/2015 15:38:41 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours