A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 to remove the section 2 exception under which 90 persons have the right to sit, speak and vote in the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
13 May 2016
This bill would remove the provision in the House of Lords Act 1999 that currently allows up to 90 hereditary peers to sit in the Lords. If enacted, hereditary peerages would no longer carry automatic seats, and the Lords would be made up of life peers and bishops, with any other related provisions included to implement the change.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 19 April under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
