Standing Orders (Public Business)

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”.