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Parliament (Amendment) Bill

A Bill to 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.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Parliament (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 26 October 2010 by Mr Christopher Chope (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 26 Oct 2010
  2. 2nd reading Commons 4 Mar 2011

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 2 May 2012.