A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 so as to abolish the system of by-elections for hereditary peers
House of Lords
28 April 2022
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This Bill would change how hereditary peers sit in the House of Lords. It would end the by-elections used to fill vacancies among the 92 hereditary peers, so vacancies would not be filled and the number of hereditary peers in the Lords would gradually fall.
The Bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Lords, with the first reading having taken place in June 2021. It will need further stages in both Houses before any changes could become law.
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7 Jun 2021
3 Dec 2021
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 3 December.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
