A DAY IN THE LIFE: ‘HOW’ Possible discussion points How does the of Lords go about its work? The of Legislation ‘Ping-Ponging’ How effective is the House of Lords in The relationship between the House of scrutinising and amending legislation? Lords and the House of Commons would you change the House of Lords if How The traditions and procedures of the you could? House of Lords How much of what you saw in the film surprised you the work of the House of Lords? The way the House scrutinises Bills The Royal Assent Trivia Test! Get the class to try and answer these questions, or adapt the facts and figures to create your own, and then see what they make of the real answers. Question Answer How many days a year do you think the House In the 2012-13 session the House of Lords sat for of Lords sat in the last Parliamentary year? 137 days of the year (38%), with an average And for how many hours per day? daily sitting lasting just over six and a half hours. In the last parliamentary year how many Bills In 2012-13 the House of Lords worked on 71 do you think the House of Lords scrutinised, Bills, amending 11, with 38 receiving the Royal and how many successful amendments did Assent. In the same session the Lords tabled they make? 3,581 amendments, they were successful in 1132 of them (32%), and they defeated the Government 21 times. How many questions would you think the In 2010-11 members of the House of Lords put Peers put to the Government in a year? 7,546 questions to the government. How 10
A DAY IN THE LIFE: ‘HOW’ How does the of Lords go about its work? How effective is the House of Lords in scrutinising and amending legislation? How would you change the House of Lords if you could? How much of what you saw in the film surprised you the work of the House of Lords? Possible discussion points The ‘Ping-Ponging’ of Legislation The relationship between the House of Lords and the House of Commons The traditions and procedures of the House of Lords The way the House scrutinises Bills The Royal Assent Trivia Test! Get the class to try and answer these questions, or adapt the facts and figures to create your own, and then see what they make of the real answers. Question Answer How many days a year do you think the House of Lords sat in the last Parliamentary year? And for how many hours per day? In the last parliamentary year how many Bills do you think the House of Lords scrutinised, and how many successful amendments did they make? How many questions would you think the Peers put to the Government in a year? In the 2012-13 session the House of Lords sat for 137 days of the year (38%), with an average daily sitting lasting just over six and a half hours. In 2012-13 the House of Lords worked on 71 Bills, amending 11, with 38 receiving the Royal Assent. In the same session the Lords tabled 3,581 amendments, they were successful in 1132 of them (32%), and they defeated the Government 21 times. In 2010-11 members of the House of Lords put 7,546 questions to the government. How 10