House of Lords Private Members’ Bill ballot 2016-17
19 May 2016 (updated on 19 May 2016)
At the start of each session of Parliament, a ballot is held to agree the order in which private members’ bills (draft laws put forward by individual members rather than the government) will be introduced in the Lords.
The ballot for this session was held on the morning of the day following State Opening and bills were drawn in the order set out below.
Number | Member | Title | Introduction date |
1 | Lord Empey | Asset Freezing (Compensation) Bill | Monday 23 May |
2 | Baroness Young of Hornsey | Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill | Monday 23 May |
3 | Baroness Jolly | Register of Arms Brokers Bill | Monday 23 May |
4 | Baroness Grender | Renters' Rights Bill | Monday 23 May |
5 | Lord Rooker | Bread and Flour Regulations (Folic Acid) Bill | Monday 23 May |
6 | Baroness Falkner of Margravine | Armed Forces Deployment (Royal Prerogative) Bill | Tuesday 24 May |
7 | Lord Grocott | House of Lords Act 1999 (Amendment) Bill | Tuesday 24 May |
8 | Lord Lipsey | International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) (Amendment) Bill | Tuesday 24 May |
9 | Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | Lobbying (Transparency) Bill | Tuesday 24 May |
10 | Baroness Kramer | Budget Responsibility and National Audit (Fiscal Mandate) Bill | Tuesday 24 May |
11 | Lord Elton | House of Lords Bill | Wednesday 25 May |
12 | Lord Shinkwin | Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill | Wednesday 25 May |
13 | Baroness Tonge | Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill | Wednesday 25 May |
14 | Baroness Cox | Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill | Wednesday 25 May |
15 | Earl of Lytton | Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill | Wednesday 25 May |
16 | Lord Ramsbotham | Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill | Thursday 26 May |
17 | Baroness Deech | Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill | Thursday 26 May |
18 | Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | House of Lords Reform Bill | Thursday 26 May |
19 | Lord Sharkey | Student Support (Non-Interest-Bearing Finance) Bill | Thursday 26 May |
20 | Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions Etc. Bill | Thursday 26 May |
21 | Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | Child Contact Centres (Accreditation) Bill | Monday 6 June |
22 | Lord Tyler | Political Parties (Funding and Expenditure) Bill | Monday 6 June |
23 | Baroness Howe of Idlicote | Online Safety Bill | Monday 6 June |
24 | Lord Dykes | European Union (Information, etc.) Bill | Monday 6 June |
25 | Lord Warner | Right to Die at Home Bill | Monday 6 June |
26 | Lord Holmes of Richmond | Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill | Tuesday 7 June |
27 | Lord Cormack | Bat Habitats Regulation Bill | Tuesday 7 June |
28 | Lord Paddick | Online Privacy Protection Bill | Tuesday 7 June |
29 | Lord Trefgarne | Succession to Peerages Bill | Tuesday 7 June |
30 | Lord Lester of Herne Hill | BBC Royal Charter Bill | Tuesday 7 June |
31 | Baroness Hussein-Ece | Ethnicity Pay Gap Bill | Wednesday 8 June |
32 | Lord Addington | Teacher Training (Special Educational Needs) Bill | Wednesday 8 June |
33 | Lord Newby | Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Bill | Wednesday 8 June |
34 | Lord Blunkett | Extension of Franchise (House of Lords) Bill | Wednesday 8 June |
35 | Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | Humanitarian Assistance (Genocide Victims) Bill | Wednesday 8 June |
36 | Lord Roberts of Llandudno | Automatic Electoral Registration (School Students) Bill | Thursday 9 June |
37 | Lord Hayward | Assisted Dying Bill | Thursday 9 June |
38 | Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | Access to Palliative Care Bill | Thursday 9 June |
39 | Baroness Tyler of Enfield | Carers (Leave Entitlement) Bill | Thursday 9 June |
40 | Lord Dholakia | Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill | Thursday 9 June |
41 | Lord Balfe | Local Government Elections (Referendum) Bill | Monday 13 June |
42 | Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | Cohabitation Rights Bill | Monday 13 June |
43 | Bishop of St Albans | Betting Licences (Category B2 Gaming Machines) Bill | Monday 13 June |
44 | Lord Alton of Liverpool | Genocide Determination Bill | Monday 13 June |
45 | Lord Berkeley | Duchy of Cornwall Bill | Monday 13 June |
46 | Lord Wigley | Disability Employment (Gap) Bill | Tuesday 14 June |
47 | Baroness Burt of Solihull | Economic Strategy Bill | Tuesday 14 June |
48 | Lord Foster of Bath | Energy Measures (Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency) Bill | Tuesday 14 June |
49 | Baroness Hamwee | Missing Persons Guardianship Bill | Tuesday 14 June |
50 | Lord McColl of Dulwich | Support to Exit Prostitution Bill | Tuesday 14 June |
51 | Baroness Featherstone | Carbon Emission Reductions Bill | Wednesday 15 June |
The date shown is the date available to introduce the bill. Any member who is unavailable on the day offered may ask another member to introduce the bill on his or her 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.