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1. commonslibrary.parliament.uk › research-briefingsHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-25 - House of ...

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   6 days ago · At present there are 88 hereditary peers eligible to sit in the House of Lords. They sit alongside 692 life peers and 25 bishops (on 13 September 2024). The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-25 removes section 2 from the 1999 act.

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     House of Lords (Amendment) Bill 2006–07. Introduced by Lord...

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     On 5 September 2024, the House of Commons gave the House of...

2. www.gov.uk › government › newsRemoval of hereditary peers from Parliament moves a step ...

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   1 day ago · The landmark legislation will remove the right of the remaining 92 hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords and is the largest constitutional reform to the UK Parliament in a quarter ...

3. lordslibrary.parliament.uk › house-of-lordsHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - House of Lords Library

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   6 days ago · House of Lords (Amendment) Bill 2006–07. Introduced by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), who was an excepted hereditary peer, this bill sought to stop hereditary by-elections. The bill did not progress beyond second reading. Lord Avebury reintroduced it in the 2007–08 parliamentary session, where it met the same fate.

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   Sep 5, 2024 · On 5 September 2024, the House of Commons gave the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill its first reading. It would end the connection between the hereditary peerage and House of Lords membership. The House of Lords Act 1999 ended the sitting and voting rights for all but 92 hereditary peers.

5. news.sky.com › story › as-labour-attempt-to-reformAs Labour attempt to reform the Lords, the end of the peer ...

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   1 day ago · The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, aimed at kicking out the 92 peers who inherited their seat, is having its second Commons reading. It will surely face countless amendments as it ...

6. www.ucl.ac.uk › news › 2024Analysis: Britain is finally abolishing hereditary peers from ...

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   Sep 23, 2024 · The bill is almost certain to pass through parliament, ending a centuries-old tradition of hereditary membership in the House of Lords. But who are these hereditary peers, and how did they come to sit in parliament in the first place? Some of the answers may be surprising.

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   What is the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill?

   • The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, aimed at kicking out the 92 peers who inherited their seat, is having its second Commons reading. It will surely face countless amendments as it continues its stages through both Houses. The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill was debated by MPs on Tuesday. Pic: PA We've been here before.

   As Labour attempt to reform the Lords, the end of the peer show is still …

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   How did the House of Lords Act 1999 affect hereditary peers?

   • The House of Lords Act 1999 ended the sitting and voting rights for all but 92 hereditary peers. This followed a cross-party compromise agreed during the bill’s passage through Parliament. The House held by-elections to fill vacancies when a hereditary peer died or retired.

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   Will peerage be removed from the House of Lords?

   • This article originally appeared in The Conversation on 23 September 2024. With a bill advancing in Parliament that will remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) writes a brief history of peerage in the upper house of Parliament for The Conversation.

   Analysis: Britain is finally abolishing hereditary peers from the ... - UCL

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   How many hereditary peers are in the House of Commons?

   • These byelections were recently halted in expectation of the bill, leaving 88 hereditary peers currently serving in the chamber. All of them are men, 45 are Conservative (and only four Labour), while 43 (49%) hold peerages created only in the 20th century. This group is anomalous, and long overdue reform.

   Britain is finally abolishing hereditary peers from the House of Lords

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   What are some modern concerns about the House of Lords?

   • Some modern preoccupations about the House of Lords can be traced back centuries. By the time of Charles I, there were already concerns that too many new peerages were being created and that the chamber was growing too large. There was even talk of money changing hands in some cases.

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   How has the House of Lords changed over time?

   • Some of the answers may be surprising. The House of Lords has ancient roots – though it has changed very fundamentally over the years. The original precursor of the English (and subsequently UK) parliament was a single-chamber body, bringing together the powerful in the land to advise the monarch.

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   Sep 23, 2024 · Having made a pre-election pledge to do so, the government is moving forward with the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, a piece of legislation that will remove the remaining hereditary...