§ Lord Monsonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they accept Recommendation 103 in the Report of the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords that life peers created between the publication of the report and the enactment of the legislation necessary to implement the second stage of Lords reform should be deemed to have been appointed to the reformed second Chamber for a period totalling 15 years from the award of their life peerage; and whether they notified such life peers before their appointment that the period of their appointment might be limited by later legislation. [HL975]
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)The Government's proposals for the next stage of House of Lords reform were laid before Parliament as a Command Paper (Cm 5291) on Wednesday 7 November 2001. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and distributed throughout Parliament in the usual way. The report is available on the Internet and is available through the Stationery Office.
Paragraph 93 of Cm 5291, The House of Lords—Completing the Reform, sets out the Government's view that current life peers should retain their membership of the House for life.