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	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
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	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

421813

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	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: Bishops
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what discussions she has had with relevant authorities regarding a gender specific title for the first woman bishop to be introduced into the House of Lords, currently described as the Lord Bishop of Gloucester.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL2684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Following discussions between the Church of England and the Crown Office, it has been agreed that ‘The Lord Bishop’ will continue to be the appropriate designation for all Bishops in the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 29/10/2015 17:56:14 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

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

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

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