Amendment summary
Lord Northbrook moved amendment 15, in clause 1, page 1, line 4, to leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
“(2) In section 2, after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A) Standing Orders must provide for future vacancies to be filled using a method which ensures that over time excepted hereditary peers are elected on a basis which provides for a fair representation of hereditary peers representing Northern Ireland and Scotland, over time reaching the same proportion in relation to the total number of excepted hereditary peers as the proportion of MPs for Northern Ireland, or Scotland, in relation to the total number of MPs in the House of Commons.””
The Committee divided: