Lords private members’ bills ballot 2021
13 May 2021
The House of Lords ballot for private members’ bills in the new session of Parliament was held on Thursday 13 May.
Private members' bills
Private members' bills are draft laws, which affect everyone, proposed by individual members of the House of Lords rather than the government.
Ballot
At the start of each session of Parliament, a ballot is held to allocate the order in which the first 25 private members' bills will be introduced in the Lords.
2021 ballot results
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Ballot order |
Member |
Title of Bill |
Date of Introduction |
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1 |
Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL] |
20 May 2021 |
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2 |
Office of the Whistleblower Bill [HL] |
20 May 2021 |
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3 |
Higher Education Cheating Services Prohibition Bill [HL] |
24 May 2021 |
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4 |
Elderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL] |
24 May 2021 |
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5 |
Organ Tourism and Cadavers on Display Bill [HL] |
25 May 2021 |
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6 |
Education (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL] |
25 May 2021 |
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7 |
Assisted Dying Bill [HL] |
26 May 2021 |
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8 |
Status of Workers Bill [HL] |
26 May 2021 |
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9 |
Education (Assemblies) Bill [HL] |
27 May 2021 |
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10 |
Age Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill [HL] |
27 May 2021 |
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11 |
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] |
07 June 2021 |
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12 |
Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill [HL] |
07 June 2021 |
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13 |
Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] |
08 June 2021 |
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14 |
Onshore Wind Bill [HL] |
08 June 2021 |
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15 |
Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL] |
09 June 2021 |
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16 |
Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement of Part 3) Bill [HL] |
09 June 2021 |
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17 |
Game Birds (Cage Breeding) Bill [HL] |
10 June 2021 |
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18 |
Representation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement) Bill [HL] |
10 June 2021 |
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19 |
Cigarette Stick Health Warnings Bill [HL] |
14 June 2021 |
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20 |
Office for Demographic Change Bill [HL] |
14 June 2021 |
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21 |
Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill [HL] |
15 June 2021 |
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22 |
Modern Slavery (Amendment) Bill [HL] |
15 June 2021 |
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23 |
Digital Economy Act 2017 (Amendment) Bill [HL] |
16 June 2021 |
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24 |
Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL] |
16 June 2021 |
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25 |
Constitutional Convention Bill [HL] |
17 June 2021 |
The date shown is the date allocated to introduce the bill. Any member who is unavailable on the day offered may ask another member to introduce the bill on their behalf, but remains responsible for the bill. If a bill is not introduced on the day offered, the bill will not be introduced until all the other balloted bills have been introduced.
The ballot took place on the basis of Bill Titles. Full text of each bill will be published after their introduction.
'Learn with the Lords'
This year, the ballot was held as part of an online learning event with schools from across the UK. As part of the Learn with the Lords series, students participated in a session to find out more about private members’ bills, participate virtually in the ballot and will follow the progress of the bills through the session.