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1239487

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the representation of the (1) Conservative, (2) Labour, and (3) Liberal Democrat, parties in the House of Lords; and what plans they have to take that level of representation into account in any future recommendations for life peerage appointments to the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL8628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>Members of the House of Lords are appointed from a wide range of backgrounds to ensure the House is able to carry out its scrutiny work effectively. In line with established convention, the number of nominations to be offered to individual political parties is a matter for the Prime Minister.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 14/10/2020 15:32:13 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1169901

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the all-party consensus, reached in 1999 when the House of Lords Act was passed, that no single political party would in future have a majority of the politically declared membership of the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The House of Lords has a key role in scrutinising the executive and being a revising chamber. It is important that the way it is constituted reflects that role and the primacy of the House of Commons. The Conservative manifesto committed to looking at the role of the House of Lords and reviewing the relationship between the Government, Parliament and the courts.</p><p>The House of Lords Appointments Commission recommends individuals for appointment as non-party-political life peers. In line with established convention, the number of nominations to be offered to individual political parties is a matter for the Prime Minister. All appointments are vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission to ensure the highest standards of propriety.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/01/2020 15:55:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1132308

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the current gender composition of the House of Lords broken down by member's (1) country, and (2) region, of origin.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL16377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The House of Lords is currently made up of 585 male and 215 female members; we do not hold data on the country or region of origin of members.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 24/06/2019 15:38:36 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

800717

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the changes to the level of funding from the public purse of the recommendations of report of the Lord Speaker’s Committee on the size of the House of Lords, published on 31 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	117338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>At this point the Government has not made an assessment of the financial implications of the recommendations in the Lord Speaker's committee report. Those proposals are due to be discussed for the first time by the House of Lords on 19 December. The Government will listen closely to what is said in that debate on the range of recommendations before considering its own position on those recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:28:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

751196

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to reduce the size of the House of Lords.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	4531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Conservative manifesto, although comprehensive reform is not a priority, we are committed to ensure that the House of Lords continues to fulfil its constitutional role as a revising and scrutinising chamber which respects the primacy of the House of Commons. We will continue to work to ensure the work of the House of Lords remains relevant and effective by addressing issues such as its size.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 4530 question first answered 17/07/2017 15:28:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

516172

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce the size of the House of Lords.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	35749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Given the very large and urgent list of other constitutional reforms currently underway, it’s hard to justify giving Lords reform a higher priority than other manifesto promises. We will continue to consider steps that are able to command support from all sides of the House. The Leader of the House of Lords has convened cross-party talks to discuss these issues, and those talks continue.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/05/2016 07:04:38 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

435699

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	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 12 November (HL3121), how many members there were in the House of Lords of (1) the government party, or parties, and (2) the official opposition party, in each year since 1997.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL4274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>For each of the sessions requested, I have set out below the number of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords sitting on the Government benches and those of the benches of HM Official Opposition.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Governing Party/Parties</p></td><td><p>HM Official Opposition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>97-98</p></td><td><p>Lab: 176</p></td><td><p>Con: 478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>98-99</p></td><td><p>Lab: 193</p></td><td><p>Con: 484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>99-00</p></td><td><p>Lab: 201</p></td><td><p>Con: 232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>00-01</p></td><td><p>Lab: 195</p></td><td><p>Con: 225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01-02</p></td><td><p>Lab: 190</p></td><td><p>Con: 217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02-03</p></td><td><p>Lab: 185</p></td><td><p>Con: 210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03-04</p></td><td><p>Lab: 201</p></td><td><p>Con: 202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04-05</p></td><td><p>Lab: 199</p></td><td><p>Con: 205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05-06</p></td><td><p>Lab: 212</p></td><td><p>Con: 208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06-07</p></td><td><p>Lab: 217</p></td><td><p>Con: 202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07-08</p></td><td><p>Lab: 214</p></td><td><p>Con: 199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08-09</p></td><td><p>Lab: 212</p></td><td><p>Con: 189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09-10</p></td><td><p>Lab: 211</p></td><td><p>Con: 185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-12</p></td><td><p>Con: 214 Lib Dem: 90</p></td><td><p>Lab: 235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>Con: 212 Lib Dem: 89</p></td><td><p>Lab: 222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>Con: 220 Lib Dem: 99</p></td><td><p>Lab: 218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>Con: 226 Lib Dem: 103</p></td><td><p>Lab: 216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16 (as at 21/12/15)</p></td><td><p>Con: 251</p></td><td><p>Lab: 213</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/12/2015 17:51:32 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

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

425603

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is the Government's policy to increase the membership of the House of Lords by over 100 members during the course of this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	14479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not have a policy of the kind described in this question. Our policy on the House of Lords is described in the Conservative Party election manifesto 2015.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/11/2015 16:46:19 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 28335 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

420566

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	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 Leader of the House on 21 September (HL2102), whether they will publish figures on the number of members of each party in the House and the ratio of government members to opposition members for (1) 1998–99, (2) 2003–04, (3) 2008–09, and 2013–14.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL2541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>For each of the sessions requested, I have set out below the number of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords sitting on the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat benches at the end of that session; and the difference between the number of peers on the Government benches as on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition in each case.</p><br /><p><strong>1998-99</strong> - Conservative - 484; Labour - 193; Liberal Democrat - 72. There were 363 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><br /><p><strong>2003-04</strong> - Conservative - 202; Labour - 201; Liberal Democrat - 68. There were 69 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><br /><p><strong>2008-09</strong> - Conservative - 189; Labour - 212; Liberal Democrat - 71. There were 48 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><p><strong><br></strong><strong>2013-14</strong> - Conservative - 220; Labour - 218; Liberal Democrat - 99. There were 101 more peers sitting on the Government benches than opposition benches.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 26/10/2015 17:58:28 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott