§ Viscount Simonasked the Chairman of Committees:
What was the average age on 1 February of:
- (a) those Members of this House who are active Life Peers and active hereditary Peers, defining "active" as those attending at least one-third of sitting days (or such other definition of that term as may be appropriate);
- (b) active Life Peers; and
- (c) active hereditary Peers. [HL1055]
§ The Chairman of CommitteesDefining "active" as Peers who attended at least one-third of the sittings days during Session 1997ߝ98 (excluding oath taking days), then:
- (a) the average age on 1 February 1999 of active Life Peers and active hereditary Peers was 65 years and 6 months;
- (b) the average age on 1 February 1999 of active Life Peers was 68 years and 2 months;
- (c) the average age on 1 February 1999 of active hereditary Peers was 62 years and 0 months.
(Source: House of Lords Information Office.)
§ Viscount Simonasked the Chairman of Committees:
What was the average age on 1 February of:
- (a) those Members of this House who are active Life Peers and all hereditary Peers, defining "active" as those attending at least one-third of sitting days (or such other definition of that term as may be appropriate);
- (b) active Life Peers; and
- (c) all hereditary Peers. [HL1057]
§ The Chairman of CommitteesDefining "active" as Peers who attended at least one-third of the sittings days during Session 1997ߝ98 (excluding oath taking days) and "all hereditary Peers" as meaning the total number of Peers with or without Writs of Summons, including70WA minors, who held an hereditary peerage carrying an entitlement to a seat in the Lords, then:
- (a) the average age on 1 February 1999 of active Life Peers and all hereditary Peers was 64 years and 1 month;
- (b) the average age on 1 February 1999 of active Life Peers was 68 years and 2 months;
- (c) the average age on 1 February 1999 of all hereditary Peers was 62 years and 6 months.
(Source: House of Lords Information Office.)