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The Senior Deputy Speaker

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 April 2026

Debate

Standing Orders (Public Business)

Contribution

That the standing orders relating to public business be amended as follows: Delete Standing Orders 3 (Peers by descent not to be introduced), 9 (Hereditary peers: by-elections), 10 (Register of hereditary peers), 77 (Committees for peerage claims), 78 (Claims of peerage), 79 (Claims of Irish peerages), 80 (Claims of Irish peerages in abeyance), and 81 (Report if improper arrangement entered into between co-heirs). Standing Order 21B (Temporary exclusion) Paragraph (6)(c), delete “9 or”. Standing Order 36 (Balloted and time-limited debates) Paragraph (1) delete “If a balloted debate or a time limited debate” and insert at the start “If a balloted debate, a time-limited debate or a debate in the Chamber on delegated legislation”.

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