Private Members' Bills
(asked on 3rd May 2023) - View Source
Question
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many Private Members’ Bills introduced in the House of Lords in each of the past five sessions completed all their stages in the Lords and were sent to the Commons.
The figures for Private Members’ Bills that started in the House of Lords and reached the House of Commons are set out below. Figures are provided from the 2016–17 session up to and including the present session to date.
Session | 2016-17 | 2017-19 | 2019-19 | 2019-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-to date |
PMBs introduced in the Lords | 51 | 74 | 40 | 86 | 45 | 42 |
Lords-starting PMBs reaching the Commons | 5 | 11 (1 Bill received Royal Assent - Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 (1 Bill received Royal Assent – the Ballot Secrecy Bill) |