Peers
(asked on 16th December 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Chairman of Committees (1) how many Members of the House of Lords are over 70 years of age in each of the following categories: Conservative; Labour; Liberal Democrat; other, and (2) on average, how many Members attend the House each week.
This question was answered on 5th January 2015
There are 128 Conservative Peers, 122 Labour Peers, 45 Liberal Democrat Peers, 101 Crossbench Peers and 19 other Peers over 70 years of age.
The Administration does not collect average weekly attendance figures but the average daily attendance in this Session is 479.