House of lords

Question 1

Average age of a lord

Answer 1

70

Question 2

How many times did the The Terrorism act pingpong through the commons and lords?

Answer 2

9 times in 2 days

Question 3

What is the salisbury convention?

Answer 3

The HOL can not veto/delay any bills that contradict the current governments implemented manifesto

Question 4

How many times was the Illegal Migration Bill pingponged

Answer 4

9 times

(passed with compromises)

Question 5

What does parliamentary ping-pong lead to

Answer 5

Legislative gridlock

Question 6

4 Sources that reduced lords power

Answer 6

Parliament Acts (1911 and 1949)
The Life Peerages Act 1958
The House of Lords Act 1999
Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Question 7

What 2 bills did the lords oppose that still passed them

Answer 7

Rwanda
(Went through as it was a money bill that they couldn’t block)

Internal markets bill
(Went through as the executive used the parliamentary acts to override them)

Question 8

What in Sunaks manifesto made it easy to pass the illegal immigration act 2023?

Answer 8

Stop small boats

(salisbury convention example)

Question 9

what 2004 act was easily passed due to the salisbury convention in the lords despite controveristy?

Answer 9

Hunting act 2004

Question 10

2 lords appointment scandals

Answer 10

Blair cash for peerage
Johnson Peter Cruddas

Question 11

What lord has had minimal participation example?

Answer 11

Lord sugar

Participated in 2% of votes since being a lord

Question 12

Current private school amount of lords?

Answer 12

62% of members of the House of Lords were educated at independent (private) schools.

(7% of the population)

Question 13

What % of lords are BAME?

Answer 13

7%

Question 14

What fraction are crossbencher peers with no party alliance

Answer 14

1/4

Question 15

How many conservatives in the lords

Answer 15

279

Question 16

How many labours in the lords

Answer 16

213

Question 17

When was the house of lords appointment commission formed?

Answer 17

2000

Question 18

EU lords fact

Answer 18

Lords defeated Government 15 times in a very short period in 2018 over the EU withdrawal bil

Question 19

Agriculture Act (2020) how long was it considered in the commons v the lords

Answer 19

32hrs by the House of Commons but for 96hrs in the House of Lords

Question 20

What 2 parliamentary acts limit the role of the lords

Answer 20

Parliament Act 1911
Removed the Lords’ power to veto legislation permanently
No influence on money bills
2 year term delay

Parliament Act 1949
Reduced the two-year delaying power to one year.
Strengthened the Commons’ ability to bypass the Lords when necessary.
Hunting Act 2004 and the War Crimes Act 1991.