Fixed Term Parliaments Bill third reading
24 May 2011 (updated on 24 May 2011)
The Fixed Term Parliaments Bill has its third reading – a final chance to amend the Bill – in the House of Lords this afternoon. If the Bill is agreed to in the Lords, it will then return to the Commons for consideration of the Lords amendments.
- Watch the debate live: Fixed Term Parliaments Bill third reading (follows third reading of the Postal Services Bill)
- Read a transcript of the debate from Today in the Lords (available approximately three hours after the debate starts)
- Amendments to be moved on Third Reading as at 20 May 2011
The Bill, which started its passage through Parliament in the House of Commons, sets a fixed day for general elections for the UK Parliament to be held as the first Thursday in May every five years, and sets the length of UK Parliaments as a five-year fixed term.
- Bills before Parliament: Fixed Term Parliaments Bill
- Lords news: Fixed Term Parliaments Bill: report stage
- Lords news: Fixed Term Parliaments Bill: committee stage
- Lords news: Fixed Term Parliaments Bill second reading
The Bill has been the subject of House of Lords select committee reports. The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee published a report on 10 February 2011. The Constitution Committee published its report on 16 December 2010.
- Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee: Tenth Report of Session 2010-11
- Constitution Committee: Eighth Report of Session 2010-11
Further information
Third reading in the Chamber is the final chance for the Lords to debate and change the contents of the Bill.