§ Lord Rowallanasked the Leader of the House:
Whether he will provide a breakdown of the average number of peers attending the House of Lords each week into life peers, peers by succession and by party affiliation (if any). [HL949]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard)The information is not available on the basis asked for. However, an analysis of the attendance figures for a recent day chosen at random (Tuesday 10 March 1998) shows that the breakdown on that day was as follows:
Hereditary Peers Party Life Peers Of First Creation By Succession Lords Spiritual Total Conservative 97 1 134 0 232 Labour 110 1 14 0 125 Liberal Dem. 26 0 17 0 43 Cross Bench 32 0 55 0 87 Other 3 0 2 3 8 Total 268 2 222 3 495 Work is in progress to introduce new computer software into the House of Lords to enable such information to be provided. It is hoped that the new software will be in use by the end of 1998.