A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 to remove the by-election system for the election of hereditary peers; to provide for the exclusion of hereditary peers from the House of Lords over time; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
28 April 2017
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This bill would change how hereditary peers can sit in the House of Lords. It would end the by-election method used to fill hereditary peer seats and start a process to exclude hereditary peers from the Lords over time, with related reforms to the membership of the Lords.
The bill is in the early stages of passage, currently at the second reading in the House of Commons. It has not yet progressed to the Lords.
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20 Dec 2016
This Bill was expected to have its second reading debate on Friday 12 May 2017.
However, as a General Election has now been called and Parliament will be dissolved from 3 May 2017, the Bill falls and no further action will be taken.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
