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
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The Bill would repeal the part of the House of Lords Act 1999 that keeps 90 hereditary peers in the Lords. By removing that exemption, hereditary peers would lose the right to sit, speak or vote in the Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage, and the Lords would continue to be made up of life peers and bishops as at present.
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26 Apr 2016
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.
