House of Lords Private Members' Bills ballot results 2017
22 June 2017
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 below.
Ballot order | Member | Title of bill | Date of introduction |
1 | Lord Grocott | House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill | Monday 26 June |
2 | Lord Dholokia | Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill | Monday 26 June |
3 | Lord McColl of Dulwich | Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill | Monday 26 June |
4 | Lord Trefgarne | Succession to Peerages Bill | Monday 26 June |
5 | Lord Empey | Asset Freezing (Compensation) Bill | Monday 26 June |
6 | Lord Holmes of Richmond | Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill | Tuesday 27 June |
7 | Lord Blencathra | Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Disabled Access) Bill | Tuesday 27 June |
8 | Lord Tyler | Democratic Political Activity (Funding and Expenditure) Bill | Tuesday 27 June |
9 | Lord Soley | Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill | Tuesday 27 June |
10 | Baroness Hamwee | Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill | Tuesday 27 June |
11 | Baroness O'Loan | Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill | Wednesday 28 June |
12 | Lord Elton | House of Lords Bill | Wednesday 28 June |
13 | Lord Bird | Creditworthiness Assessment Bill | Wednesday 28 June |
14 | Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | Immigration Control (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill | Wednesday 28 June |
15 | Lord Balfe | Local Government Elections (Referendum) Bill | Wednesday 28 June |
16 | Bishop of St Albans | Registration of Marriage Bill | Thursday 29 June |
17 | Baroness Randerson | Open Skies Agreement (Membership) Bill | Thursday 29 June |
18 | Lord Deben | Ecumenical Marriage Bill | Thursday 29 June |
19 | Lord Farmer | Family Relationships (Impact Assessment and Targets) Bill | Thursday 29 June |
20 | Lord Ramsbotham | Criminal Records Bill | Thursday 29 June |
21 | Lord Cormack | Bat Habitats Regulation Bill | Monday 3 July |
22 | Lord Lexden | Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) (Sibling Couples) Bill | Monday 3 July |
23 | Baroness Deech | Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill | Monday 3 July |
24 | Lord Berkeley | Duchy of Cornwall Bill | Monday 3 July |
25 | Lord Berkeley of Knighton | Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill | Monday 3 July |
26 | Lord Hayward | Assisted Dying Bill | Tuesday 4 July |
27 | Lord Dykes | European Union (Information, etc.) Bill | Tuesday 4 July |
28 | Lord Paddick | Anonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill | Tuesday 4 July |
29 | Lord Lester of Herne Hill | BBC (Independence) Bill | Tuesday 4 July |
30 | Lord Sharkey | Local Housing Authority Debt Bill | Tuesday 4 July |
31 | Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | Access to Palliative Care Bill | Wednesday 5 July |
32 | Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | Cohabitation Rights Bill | Wednesday 5 July |
33 | Lord Adonis | Voting Age (Reduction) Bill | Wednesday 5 July |
34 | Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | Abortion (Fetus Protection) Bill | Wednesday 5 July |
35 | Lord Naseby | Extension of Franchise (House of Lords) Bill | Wednesday 5 July |
36 | Lord Oates | EEA Nationals (Indefinite Leave to Remain) Bill | Thursday 6 July |
37 | Baroness Brinton | Victims of Crime (Rights, Entitlements, and Notification of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill | Thursday 6 July |
38 | Baroness Tyler of Enfield | Schools (Mental Health and Wellbeing) Bill | Thursday 6 July |
39 | Lord Wigley | Policing Resources Bill | Thursday 6 July |
40 | Baroness Benjamin | Certificate of Loss Bill | Thursday 6 July |
41 | Lord Newby | Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Bill | Monday 10 July |
42 | Baroness Howe of Idlicote | Digital Economy Act 2017 (Amendment) (Definition of Extreme Pornography) Bill | Monday 10 July |
43 | Baroness Cox | Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Bill | Monday 10 July |
44 | Lord Warner | Right to Die at Home Bill | Monday 10 July |
45 | Baroness Hollins | Learning Disabilities (Review of Services) Bill | Monday 10 July |
46 | Baroness Ludford | European Union (Referendum on the Withdrawal Agreement) Bill | Tuesday 11 July |
47 | Lord Polak | Road Traffic Offenders (Surrender of Driving Licences, etc) Bill | Tuesday 11 July |
48 | Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | Elections and Referendums (Advertising) Bill | Tuesday 11 July |
49 | Lord Shinkwin | Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill | Tuesday 11 July |
50 | Lord Faulkner of Worcester | Heritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill | Tuesday 11 July |
51 | Lord Roberts of Llandudno | Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (Legal Advice and Appeals) Bill | Wednesday 12 July |
52 | Lord Best | BBC Licence Fee Bill | Wednesday 12 July |
53 | Lord Lansley | Cosmetic Surgery (Standards) Bill | Wednesday 12 July |
54 | Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill | Wednesday 12 July |
55 | Baroness Young of Hornsey | Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill | Wednesday 12 July |
56 | Earl of Lytton | Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill | Thursday 13 July |
57 | Baroness Burt of Solihull | Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) (Mixed Sex Couples) Bill | Thursday 13 July |
58 | Lord Alton of Liverpool | Genocide Determination Bill | Thursday 13 July |
59 | Baroness Featherstone | Carbon Emissions Reductions Bill | Thursday 13 July |
60 | Lord True | Kew Gardens (Leases) Bill | Thursday 13 July |
61 | Baroness McDonagh | Automatic Electoral Registration Bill | Monday 17 July |
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.