Life Peerages Act 1958 Life Peerages Act 1958 The Life Peerages Act 1958 established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the monarch of the United Kingdom. This Act was made during the Conservative governments of 1957–1964, when Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister. Elizabeth II had ascended to the throne just over five years before the Act. The Conservatives tried to introduce life peerages to modernise the House of Lords, give it more legitimacy, and respond to a decline in its numbers and attendance. The Labour Party opposed the Life Peerages Bill on Second Reading: Hugh Gaitskell made an impassioned speech
Prime Minister of the Netherlands to English is "Second Chamber") will initiate coalition talks after general elections. These negotiations are concluded by means of a so-called "government agreement" ("regeerakoord"). The lower house will have a debate about this agreement and, if this agreement meets sufficient support, the leader of the party with the largest number of seats in the lower house will be instituted as "formator" of the cabinet. He or she usually appoints herself or himself Prime Minister. A minister from the smaller coalition party usually becomes Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands. If there is a third or fourth party in the coalition,