Research Briefing
Queen’s Speech: Lords Movers and Seconders
This House of Lords Library briefing provides a list of the mover and seconder following each Queen’s Speech for the past 20 years, along with each Member’s party affiliation at the time.
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Research Briefing
Lord Speaker: Election 2016
The Lord Speaker is elected by Members of the House of Lords every five years. This House of Lords Library briefing provides an overview of the process for electing a Lord Speaker. It includes information on standing for election, voting and the triggers for an election. The primary role of the Lord Speaker is to preside over proceedings in the Chamber, including committees of the whole House. Details about the office of the Lord Speaker itself, as well as background to how the office came into being, are available in Lords Library briefing Principal Office Holders in the House of Lords (19 March 2015).
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Research Briefing
House of Lords: Public Offices and Positions Held by Members
This House of Lords Library briefing presents lists of public offices and positions previously or currently held by Members of the House of Lords as at 23 March 2016.
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Research Briefing
House of Lords: Statistical Profile of Membership
This House of Lords Library briefing presents a range of information about the membership of the House of Lords as the House was composed on Friday 11 March 2016.
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Research Briefing
The Sovereign’s Ceremonial and Formal Role in Parliament Today
On 9 September 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning sovereign in British history. This House of Lords Library briefing focuses on the Sovereign as part of the constitution of Parliament. It captures key aspects of the role of the Sovereign as it relates, in practice, to Parliament today, with an emphasis on the House of Lords. It does this through addressing a selection of the ceremonial and formal roles of the Sovereign: the State Opening of Parliament and its prorogation and dissolution; the calling of a new Parliament, in light of the Fixed-term Parliament Act 2011; Royal Commissions and royal assent; and Queen’s consent. The briefing also addresses a number of aspects of the Sovereign’s communications and relationship with Parliament more broadly, through Addresses and messages and the Palace of Westminster itself. It provides facts and figures relating to Queen Elizabeth II including: the number of Acts that have received Royal Assent during her reign, Addresses given by the Queen to both Houses in Westminster Hall, and the wording of Queen Elizabeth II’s first message to Parliament on her accession to the throne in 1952.
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Research Briefing
Size of the House of Lords
This Library Note provides statistics and background information on the changing size of the House of Lords since the 1992–93 session alongside commentary and debates on the subject of the House’s size over recent years.
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Research Briefing
Chairman of Committees: Proposed Changes
This Lords Library briefing provides information on the recently proposed changes to the post of Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords, put forward by the Leader’s Group on Governance.
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Research Briefing
QSD on the Work of the House of Lords Press Office
This briefing pack has been compiled to support the debate on the work of the House of Lords Press Office
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Research Briefing
Committee Procedures for Public Bills: Select Committees
Public bills may be committed to a select committee when it is considered that they require detailed investigation or when the hearing of evidence is considered necessary on the bill’s provisions. The most recent occasion on which a Government bill was referred to a select committee was the Constitutional Reform Bill in 2004.
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Research Briefing
Debate on the Strathclyde Review Secondary legislation and the Primacy of the House of Commons
This briefing pack has been compiled to support the debate on the 'Strathclyde Review: Secondary Legislation and the Primacy of the House of Commons'.
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Research Briefing
Delegated Legislation in the House of Lords since 1997
This Lords Library briefing provides an overview of delegated legislation in the House of Lords since 1997.
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Research Briefing
Strathclyde Review: Secondary Legislation and the Primacy of the House of Commons
This Lords Library briefing provides a short summary of the recommendations of the Strathclyde Review and a snapshot of initial reaction to it.
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Research Briefing
Tabling of Lords Parliamentary Questions
This In Focus provides a briefing on the subject of tabling parliamentary questions in the House of Lords. It includes information on the procedure for tabling oral parliamentary questions, as well as statistics on parliamentary questions from the 2014–15 and 2013–14 parliamentary sessions.
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Research Briefing
Interception of Communications: The Wilson Doctrine
This In Focus provides a briefing on the background and current status of the Wilson Doctrine, which concerns the interception of parliamentarians’ communications.
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Research Briefing
Delegated Legislation in the House of Lords
This In Focus provides statistics and information about delegated legislation in the House of Lords.
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