Private Members’ Bills in the Lords
14 December 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Members of the House of Lords discussed the second reading - main principles - of four Private Members' Bills on 11 December.
- Lords Hansard: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill debate
- Lords Hansard: Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill debate
- Lords Hansard: Marriage (Wales) Bill
- Lords Hansard: Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill debate
- Bills before Parliament: Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill
- Bills before Parliament: Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) Bill
- Bills before Parliament: Marriage (Wales) Bill
- Bills before Parliament: Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill
- Passage of a Bill: Second reading (Lords)
Private Members' Bills can be introduced in the House of Lords by any Member who would like to change a law. There is no ballot in the Lords. To become law a Private Members' Bill must go through the same stages as a Government Bill.
The Bills proceed to committee stage for line by line examination of their contents - dates for which are still to be scheduled.