Lord Dobbs – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House of Lords
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Dobbs on 2016-04-11.
To ask the Leader of the House how many government defeats there have been on delegated legislation in the House of Lords, (1) in total, and (2) in each Session, since 1950.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Since 1950, there have been 35 Government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation in the House of Lords. There have been five such defeats in this session to date – a fifth of the total over the last 65 years.
The number of government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation since 1950, broken down by session, is detailed below:
|
Session |
Total |
Session |
Total |
Session |
Total |
|
1950 |
1972-73 |
1994-95 |
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1950-51 |
1973-74 |
1995-96 |
1 |
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1951-52 |
1974 |
1996-97 |
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1952-53 |
1974-75 |
1997-98 |
1 |
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1953-54 |
1975-76 |
1998-99 |
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1954-55 |
1976-77 |
1999-00 |
2 |
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1955-56 |
1977-78 |
2 |
2000-01 |
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1956-57 |
1978-79 |
2001-02 |
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1957-58 |
1979-80 |
2002-03 |
4 |
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1958-59 |
1980-81 |
2003-04 |
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1959-60 |
1981-82 |
2004-05 |
1 |
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1960-61 |
1982-83 |
2005-06 |
1 |
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1961-62 |
1983-84 |
1 |
2006-07 |
2 |
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1962-63 |
1984-85 |
1 |
2007-08 |
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1963-64 |
1985-86 |
2008-09 |
2 |
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1964-65 |
1986-87 |
2009-10 |
4 |
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1965-66 |
1987-88 |
2010-12 |
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1966-67 |
1988-89 |
2012-13 |
4 |
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1967-68 |
1 |
1989-90 |
2013-14 |
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1968-69 |
1990-91 |
2014-15 |
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1969-70 |
1991-92 |
2015-6 |
5 |
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1970-71 |
1992-93 |
3 |
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1971-72 |
1993-94 |
TOTAL |
35 |
