Engaging with legislation in the House of Lords
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Engaging with legislation in the House of Lords
- 1. Engaging with legislation in the House of Lords Matthew Purvis 31 October 2013 © House of Lords 2009
- 2. Why engage with legislation in the House of Lords? • Procedure • Expertise • Party balance • Delay power © House of Lords 2009
- 3. Impact of the House of Lords on legislation • 3503 amendments tabled to Government Bills in 201213 session, 1112 amendments made • Dr Meg Russell (2013) notes the Lords effects legislation: 1. “most visibly” through Government defeats 2. By negotiated changes on points raised by peers or committees 3. Influence – where the Government try to anticipate in their planning the House of Lords’ reaction to its legislation © House of Lords 2009
- 4. How to access information about legislation in the House of Lords? © House of Lords 2009
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- 9. Who to contact about a particular Bill? © House of Lords 2009
- 10. How to engage with Members of the House of Lords about legislation? • Parliament website for contact details • Also many use social media © House of Lords 2009
- 11. Writing to a Member of the House of Lords • Electronic correspondence to Peers increasing • Clear and not too long •Offer solutions and not just identifying problems •If writing in a personal capacity, keep it short and personal. •Glossy materials will have little effect if lacking substance •Circular or printed material that is sent to everyone may not be read as closely © House of Lords 2009
Editor's Notes
- So I have set out some of reasons why the Lords is important to legislative process and how to find out information about a Bill. The next issue is - How, were someone want to, would someone who wished to inform that debate do so? In the Lords there is Public Bill Committee like in the Commons which widens the pool of possible participants. So you would need to do some homework on who would be interested in speaking/tabling amendments to a particular Bill. There are a number of ways to do so which does not resort to using a famous search engine. Second reading on a particular Bill is a good place to start – either a previous Bill on the same topic or by going the Lords Whips website and finding the speakers list. Alternatively the biographical information for each Member is on the parliament website and this lists their policy interests. Each party will also have their spokesperson for particular policy areas and, again, these are on the House of Lords pages of the parliament website.