Motion summary
Lord Steel of Aikwood moved that this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government, notwithstanding their proposals for Lords reform whose legislative timetable is unclear, to table motions before the summer recess enabling the House to approve or disapprove— (a) a scheme to enable members of the House to retire, (b) the abolition of by-elections for hereditary peers, (c) the removal of members convicted of serious criminal offences, (d) the creation of a statutory appointments commission.