In terms of writing to members of the House of Lords, here are the main things to bear in mind:
NOTE THAT AS OF 18.9.25 with the bill reissued after committee ended, CNIS is now 31-36 (rather than 30-35 as it was for committee in the Lords, or 25-29 as it was through the latter stages of the Commons)
- The Labour government does not have a majority in the House of Lords but ultimately the House of Lords is not about numbers since amendments do not go to a vote so it is still crucial to consider the political background of a particular member
- Members of any party other than Labour are obviously more likely to be opposed to anything the government proposes than are members of the government party
- Any Labour member prepared to take issue with the government has massively more influence than someone whose whole purpose is to oppose the government (as we have just seen with the UC and PIP Bill)
- The strongest message to government re opposition to a bill is CROSS-PARTY ie from all parties including the party in government
- It is possible to find out who is most interested in the bill by looking at who has tabled amendments
- Debate in the Lords is clause by clause hence it is important to know which clause is which so that you can supply information which is easily retrievable, THIS PAGE has onscreen view of all clause headings https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/59833/documents/6244
- Members of the House of Lords will have been briefed extensively on the supposed safeguarding elements of the Wellbeing Bill and any counter- argument will need to be well-informed so that peers can’t be fobbed off by ministers. This is why I wrote the post linked below
How Much Lords Can Change Bill
I have written several pages about how the Lords can change a bill