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
19 September 2019
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This bill would reform how hereditary peers sit in the House of Lords. It would scrap the by-election system used to replace hereditary peers and provide for the gradual exclusion of hereditary peers from the Lords over time.
The bill had its first reading in the Commons on 7 September 2017 and is now at the second reading in the Commons.
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7 Sept 2017
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
