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Parliamentary Report
February–May 2011
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2011
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The long-awaited proposals for the final (?) reform of the House of Lords were published on 15 May. Though the draft Bill envisages a House with 240 elected members and 60 appointed members nominated by a statutory Appointments Commission and recommended for appointment by the Prime Minister, the White Paper states explicitly that ‘it is a draft and we will consider options including a wholly elected House’. Probably the key proposal for readers of this Journal is that a maximum of 12 Church of England bishops would sit ex officiis in the reformed House, in addition to the 60 appointed members. Unlike the other members, the bishops will not be paid in respect of their membership, and the provisions of the draft Bill on taxation, suspension and expulsion and the majority of the disqualifying grounds will not apply to them. Over time the number of bishops in the Lords will be reduced from the initial 12 to 7.
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1 HM Government, House of Lords Reform Draft Bill (London, 2011)Google Scholar, available at <http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm80/8077/8077.pdf>, accessed 30 May 2011.
2 For the detailed proposals, see House of Lords Reform Draft Bill, paras 91–103.
3 Ibid, pp 63–64.
4 HC Deb 17 May 2011 c 177W. The Order procedure is a standard method of tidying up the existing law in advance of consolidating it by way of a new Act of Parliament.
5 Available at <http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Start_up_a_charity/Do_I_need_to_register/CIOs/default.aspx>, accessed 30 May 2011.
6 Northern Ireland Assembly Official Report: ‘Ministerial briefing: draft Charities (Amendment) Bill 17 February 2011’, available at <http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/record/committees2010/SocialDevelopment/110217_MinisterialBriefingDraftCharitiesBill.pdf>, accessed 27 May 2011.
7 Ibid.
8 Available at <http://www.oscr.org.uk/NewsItem.aspx?ID=0016acb5-7ca4-424c-994a-06eda51b0adc>, accessed 30 May 2011.
9 Available at <http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/425156%20Civil%20partnerships%20tagged.pdf>, accessed 30 May 2011.
10 The law relating to marriage and civil partnerships in Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.
11 The full membership and terms of reference are available at <http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/press-releases/cbr/cbrnewsrelease130511a.htm>, accessed 16 June 2011.
12 The Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.
13 [2010] UKEAT 0034 09 1002 (10 February 2010).
14 [2010] UKEAT 0219 10 1503 (15 March 2011).
15 Available at <http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/guidance-notes/chapter2/fp-persons-test.htm>, accessed 30 May 2011.