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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 0784

Parliament (Amendment) Bill

[As Introduced]
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This bill would make further provision to limit the size of the legislature by ensuring that the number of peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords does not exceed the number of parliamentary constituencies; to introduce a statutory limit on the number of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in each House of Parliament; and to set a maximum proportion of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in the total membership of each House of Parliament.

Presented by Mr Christopher Chope.
HybridLords2nd reading
Official Ballot · Open Govt

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The people's count45 votes
67% Aye · 3033% No · 15
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Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading26 Oct 2010
  • 2nd reading4 Mar 2011