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F18 Election of Leader in the House of Lords

10.15 Constitutional Amendments

Chair:

Mark Pack

Aide:

Lindsay Granshaw

F18 Election of Leader in the House of Lords

Submitted by:

Kingston

Mover:

Dan Falchikov

Summation:

Cllr Derek Osbourne

 

Article 9.2

After: 'Party's whip' (line 2), add: 'Its Leader shall be elected as in accordance with the procedures for the Party Leader as laid out in Article 10.'

In line 4, delete: 'for a Leader and'.

The current constitution states:

Article 9: The Parliamentary Parties

9.2 The Parliamentary Party in the House of Lords shall consist of all members of that House in receipt of the Party's whip. It shall be entitled to make such regulations (not being inconsistent with this Constitution) as it thinks fit for the conduct of its own proceedings, which shall make provision for a Leader and a Chief Whip of such Parliamentary Party.

Please note: This constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority.

Mover of motion: 5 minutes; other speakers: 3 minutes.

Speakers

Cllr John Tilley - Kingston
Bill Rodgers - (Lord) Leader of Liberal Democrat Peers
Robert Maclennan MP - Cathness Sutherland and Easter Ross
Cllr Derek Osbourne - Kingston

Vote

Vote: This vote needed a two-thirds majority
Motion Failed : Clearly not a two-thirds majority

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