Lords private members' bills ballot 2023
9 November 2023 (updated on 9 November 2023)
The House of Lords ballot for private members’ bills in the new session of Parliament was held on Thursday 9 November.
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.
2023 ballot results
|
Placement |
Member |
Bill title |
Introduction |
|
1 |
Baroness Burt of Solihull |
Conversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL] |
Monday 20 November |
|
2 |
Lord Northbrook |
Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL] |
Monday 20 November |
|
3 |
Lord Woodley |
Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill [HL] |
Tuesday 21 November |
|
4 |
Baroness Twycross |
Housing Act 1988 (Amendment) Bill [HL] |
Tuesday 21 November |
|
5 |
Baroness Altmann |
Alternative Investment Fund Designation Bill [HL] |
Wednesday 22 November |
|
6 |
Lord Holmes of Richmond |
Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] |
Wednesday 22 November |
|
7 |
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws |
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL] |
Thursday 23 November |
|
8 |
Lord Shinkwin |
Workforce Information (Ethnicity) Bill [HL] |
Thursday 23 November |
|
9 |
Lord Moylan |
Foetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL] |
Monday 27 November |
|
10 |
Baroness Tyler of Enfield |
Schools (Mental Health Professionals) Bill [HL] |
Monday 27 November |
|
11 |
Baroness Young of Hornsey |
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL] |
Tuesday 28 November |
|
12 |
Lord Bishop of St Albans |
Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL] |
Tuesday 28 November |
|
13 |
Baroness Eaton |
At Home Early Medical Abortion (Review) Bill [HL] |
Wednesday 29 November |
|
14 |
Lord Bishop of Chelmsford |
Asylum Application (Entry to the United Kingdom) Bill [HL] |
Wednesday 29 November |
|
15 |
Baroness Boycott |
Ecocide Bill [HL] |
Thursday 30 November |
|
16 |
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath |
Protection of Care Recipients and Carers Bill [HL] |
Thursday 30 November |
|
17 |
Lord Blencathra |
Wheelchair Access Bill [HL] |
Monday 4 December |
|
18 |
Lord Alton of Liverpool |
Genocide Determination Bill [HL] |
Monday 4 December |
|
19 |
Baroness Young of Old Scone |
Heritage Trees Bill [HL] |
Tuesday 5 December |
|
20 |
Lord Grocott |
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] |
Tuesday 5 December |
|
21 |
Lord Hendy |
Status of Workers Bill [HL] |
Wednesday 6 December |
|
22 |
Lord Scriven |
Disestablishment of the Church of England Bill [HL] |
Wednesday 6 December |
|
23 |
Lord Anderson of Ipswich |
Public Service (Integrity and Ethics) Bill [HL] |
Thursday 7 December |
|
24 |
Baroness O'Loan |
Abortion (Gestational Time Limit Reduction) Bill 2023 [HL] |
Thursday 7 December |
|
25 |
Baroness Benjamin |
Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL] |
Monday 11 December |
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. The full text of each bill will be published after its introduction.
Learn with the Lords
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, took part virtually in the ballot and will follow the progress of the bills through the session.
