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date	25/01/2024
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Public Bills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker during the past 14 years in respect of which public bills that started in the House of Commons has a motion been tabled to decline to give the bill a second reading in the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL1919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>There have been five such cases since 2010, including the motion on 29 January 2024 relating to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. The other four bills, along with the dates they were debated on second reading, were the Health and Social Care Bill (11-12 October 2011); the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (3-4 June 2013); the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill (4 November 2014); and the Illegal Migration Bill (10 May 2023).</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/02/2024 17:27:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

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registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what checks are made to determine whether peers on the Register are willing to put their names forward for hereditary peer by-elections; and how often any such checks are made.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>All those on the register of hereditary peers maintained under Standing Order 9(4) who were members of the House before the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 indicated their willingness to stand in hereditary peer by-elections, either before the first edition of the Register was issued on 13 November 2002, or subsequently. Hereditary peers who have succeeded to their titles since 1999 are required to petition the House to “direct the Clerk of the Parliaments to enter [them] on the register of hereditary peers who wish to stand in any by-election for election to Your Lordships’ House”.</p><p>Every peer on the register is contacted before each by-election to ask if they wish to be a candidate, and if a peer no longer wishes to be included on the register, they can request that their name be removed from it at any time.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2022 15:49:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1547145

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will publish a copy of the Register of Hereditary Peers with the year each peer was added to the Register.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Register of Hereditary Peers (HL Paper 2) was first published on 13 November 2002, and is published at the start of each session of Parliament. The table below gives the year in which each peer was first listed in the Register as published at the start of each Session.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year of first inclusion in HL Paper 2 </strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen and Temair, M.</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abergavenny, M.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Addison, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ailsa, M.</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albemarle, E.</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldenham, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldington, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alexander of Tunis, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ampthill, L.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Annaly, L.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashbourne, L.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashburton, L.</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesford, E.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baillieu, L.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Balfour, E.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beaufort, D.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford, D.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belper, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belhaven and Stenton, L.*</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bicester, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biddulph, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkett, L.</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton, L.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston, L.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Braybrooke, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brentford, V.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridges, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, M.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bruntisfield, L.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buccleuch and Queensberry, D.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnham, L.</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cadman, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cairns, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calverley, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carew, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle, E.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carnarvon, E.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cawley, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clanwilliam, E. <em>(L. Clanwilliam)</em></p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clydesmuir, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cobham, V.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cochrane of Cults, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combermere, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cranbrook, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cromer, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dacre, B.</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darcy de Knayth, L.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daresbury, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darling, L.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darnley, E. (<em>Clifton, L.</em>)</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Davies, L.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>De Clifford, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>De La Warr, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>De L’Isle, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>De Ramsey, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devonport, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dormer, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downshire, M. (<em>Hillsborough, E.</em>)</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drogheda, E. (<em>L. Moore</em>)</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley, E.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley, L.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundonald, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham, E.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dysart, E.*</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eglinton and Winton, E.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eldon, E.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elibank, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ellenborough, L.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enniskillen, E. (<em>L. Grinstead</em>)</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erne, E. (<em>L. Fermanagh</em>)</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ferrers, E.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fisher, L.</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fortescue, E.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gage, V. (<em>L. Gage</em>)</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gainsborough, E.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glenconner, L.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glendyne, L.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gormanston, V. (<em>L. Gormanston</em>)</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grafton, D.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grantley, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gray, L.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimston of Westbury, L.</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimthorpe, L.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haddington, E.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halifax, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton and Brandon, D.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton of Dalzell, L.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hankey, L.</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrowby, E.</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hayter, L.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hazlerigg, L.*</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hemphill, L.</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herbert, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford, V.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hill, V.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindlip, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hives, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HolmPatrick, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hood, V.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iddesleigh, E.</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ironside, L.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iveagh, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenilworth, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet, L.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilbracken, L.</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock, L.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kimberley, E.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latymer, L.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lauderdale, E.</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lawrence, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leathers, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leven and Melville, E.</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield, E.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Limerick, E. (<em>L. Foxford</em>)</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lloyd George of Dwyfor, E.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lucan, E. (<em>L. Bingham</em>)</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mackintosh of Halifax, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>McNair, L.</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margadale, L.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margesson, V.</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marlborough, D.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Massereene and Ferrard, V. (<em>L. Oriel</em>)</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melville, V.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr, L.</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meston, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middleton, L.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milford, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milner of Leeds, L.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milverton, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monckton of Brenchley, V.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monk Bretton, L.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monson, L.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moran, L.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morris, L.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morris of Kenwood, L.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morton, E.</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mostyn, L.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mountgarret, V. (<em>L. Mountgarret</em>)</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton, L.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Napier and Ettrick, L.</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nathan, L.</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nelson of Stafford, L.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newall, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Noel-Buxton, L.</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Normanton, E. (<em>Somerton, L.</em>)</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norrie, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich, V.*</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nunburnholme, L.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onslow, E.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oranmore and Browne, L. (<em>L. Mereworth</em>)</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfuird, V.</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Penrhyn, L.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polwarth, L.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powerscourt, V. (<em>L. Powerscourt</em>)</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rathcavan, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renwick, L.</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond, Lennox and Gordon, D.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robertson of Oakridge, L.</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale, V.*</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossmore, L.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rowallan, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roxburghe, D.</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell, E.</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland, D.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Davids, V.</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Levan, L.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Savile, L.</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarbrough, E.</p></td><td><p>2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seaford, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selborne, E.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sempill, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shaftesbury, E.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon of Wythenshawe, L.*</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Snowdon, E.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerleyton, L.</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton, L.</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spens, L.</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton, E.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strange, L.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutherland, D.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea, L.</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen, L.*</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temple of Stowe, E.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Terrington, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teviot, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tollemache, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torrington, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vernon, L.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vivian, L.</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walpole, L.</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weir, V.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wemyss and March, E.</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wharton, L.</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigram, L.</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wilton, E. <em>(Ebury, L.)</em></p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windlesham, L.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wise, L.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woolton, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrenbury, L.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wynford, L.</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yarborough, E.</p></td><td><p>2002</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Peers who have been added to the register since the most recent edition of HL Paper 2 was published on 10 May 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2022 16:52:21 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1547146

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will publish a list of each peer on the Register of Hereditary Peers that has contested a hereditary peer by-election; and in each case, on what date or dates those by-elections took place.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The information is given in the attached table. Hereditary peers who have been successful candidates in by-elections, and who are therefore no longer included in the Register, are not listed. The ‘by-election name’ in each case is the title of the former member whose death or resignation from the House precipitated the by-election.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2022 17:24:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name Hereditary peers who have contested hereditary peer by-elections.xlsx title Hereditary peers who have contested by-elections
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

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registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the (1) individual, and (2) total, cost of the five most recent hereditary peer by-elections in the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The costs incurred in conducting the five most recent hereditary peer by-elections are set out in the table below. Three of these ballots were for two vacancies.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Cost (inclusive of VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherwick, L. – Conservative</p></td><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>£420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brabazon of Tara, L., Swinfen, L. (combined) – Conservative</p></td><td><p>July 2022</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ullswater, V., Colwyn, L. (combined) – Whole House</p></td><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>£900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Listowel, E. – Crossbench</p></td><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>£390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Astor of Hever, L., Home, E. (combined) – Conservative</p></td><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,910</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These costs represent the fees to be paid to Civica, the contractor that supports the Administration in conducting by-elections. They exclude the cost of time spent by House of Lords staff, for whom such work forms part of their normal duties, which cannot therefore be costed separately.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 31/10/2022 16:22:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1404171

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether, when the Clerk of the Parliaments announces the winner of the hereditary peers’ by-election on 9 February, he will also announce the number of votes cast for each candidate in the final round of voting.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL5485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>As detailed information on the number of votes cast for each candidate is already freely available to members in the Printed Paper Office (PPO) and on the internet as soon as the announcement has been made in the Chamber, there are no plans for the Clerk of the Parliaments to announce this further detail in the Chamber.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 31/01/2022 17:10:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1379154

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of delivering each of the seven hereditary peer by-elections this year in respect of (1) outside contractors, and (2) the time of House staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL4082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>There have been five hereditary peer by-elections this year, with three Conservative vacancies filled by means of a single by-election. The cost in respect of outside contractors was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Civica invoice (inclusive of VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar, C. – Whole House</p></td><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>£1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selborne, E., Denham, L., Selsdon, L. (combined) – Conservative</p></td><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elton, L. — Whole House</p></td><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>£1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rea, L. – Labour</p></td><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>£0 <em>(no ballot)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon, V. – Whole House</p></td><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>£1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These costs were in addition to the cost of House of Lords staff time spent organising the by-elections. Such time forms part of their normal duties and therefore cannot be costed separately.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/11/2021 16:21:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1358960

registered interest
date	13/10/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Private Members' Bills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many Private Members’ Bills in each of the last five sessions were introduced in the House of Lords; and, for each session, how many of them received Royal Assent.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL3059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The figures for private members’ bills that started in the House of Lords are set out below. Figures are provided from the 2014–15 session, as the 2019 session lasted less than a month, up to and including the present session to date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014–15 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015–16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016–17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017–19 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019–21 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021–22 to date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PMBs introduced in the House of Lords</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lords-starting PMBs receiving Royal Assent</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/10/2021 15:10:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1349336

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, following the recent hereditary peers by-election after the retirement of Lord Elton, how many peers (1) were entitled to vote, (2) voted; how many ballot papers were spoilt; and what the percentage turnout was.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The details of the by-election to replace Lord Elton are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Vacancy Created By:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of Members eligible to vote:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of Members who voted:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of spoiled ballot papers:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Percentage turnout:</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Lord Elton</em></p></td><td><p><em>785</em></p></td><td><p><em>237</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td><td><p><em>30%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/07/2021 12:45:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1342631

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, in the hereditary peers' by-election following the retirement of the Countess of Mar, (1) how many peers were entitled to vote, (2) how many peers voted, (3) how many ballot papers were spoiled, and (4) what was the percentage turnout.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL1600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The details of the by-election to replace the Countess of Mar are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Vacancy Created By: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Members eligible to vote:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Members who voted:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of spoiled ballot papers:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage turnout: </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Countess of Mar</p></td><td><p>783</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/07/2021 14:23:04 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott