House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

A Bill to remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords; to make provision about resignation from the House of Lords; to abolish the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary peerages; and for connected purposes.

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23 Jul 2025
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Bill 295 2024-25 (Lords Amendments)
(9 amendments)
9 Jul 2025
Lords: Third
HL Bill 122 (as amended on Report)
(8 amendments)
1 Apr 2025
Lords: Report
HL Bill 49 (as brought from the Commons)
(48 amendments)
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13 Nov 2024
Lords: Committee
HL Bill 49 (as brought from the Commons)
(255 amendments)
5 Sep 2024
Commons: Committee
Bill 007 2024-25 (as introduced)
(49 amendments)

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4 New Clauses Proposed

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Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers
 
 
Omit section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999 (exception to exclusion of
 
 
hereditary peers from membership of House of Lords).
 
2
Claims to hereditary peerages
 
 
(1)
The jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary
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peerages is abolished.
 
 
(2)
For the purposes of this section a claim to a hereditary peerage includes a
 
 
claim to a hereditary peerage in abeyance.
 
3
Consequential amendments
 
 
(1)
In the Peerage Act 1963 —
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(a)
in section 1 (2) (disclaimer of certain hereditary peerages), omit the
 
 
words from “; and no such instrument” to the end;
 
 
(b)
omit section 4 (Scottish peerages) and the italic heading before it;
 
 
(c)
omit section 6 (peeresses in own right).
 
 
(2)
In the House of Lords Act 1999 —
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(a)
omit section 3(2) (disqualifications in relation to House of Commons
 
 
applicable to hereditary peers);
 
 
(b)
omit paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (amendment of Peerage Act 1963).
 
 
(3)
In the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 , in section 42 (tax
 
 
status of members of House of Lords: transitional provision)—
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(a)
omit subsections (3) and (4);
 
 
(b)
in subsection (5) , omit “If M is not such a person,”;
 

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(c)
in subsection (8) —
 
 
(i)
omit “or M succeeds to a peerage”;
 
 
(ii)
omit the words from “If subsection (3)(a)” to the end;
 
 
(d)
omit subsection (9).
 
 
(4)
In the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 , in section 4 (effect of ceasing to be
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a member)—
 
 
(a)
in subsection (3) , omit “, by virtue of a hereditary peerage”;
 
 
(b)
omit subsection (4);
 
 
(c)
in subsection (5) , omit “other than a hereditary peer”;
 
 
(d)
omit subsection (7).
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4
Extent and commencement
 
 
(1)
An amendment or repeal made by section 1 or 3 has the same extent as the
 
 
provision amended or repealed.
 
 
(2)
Section 2 , this section and section 5 extend to England and Wales, Scotland
 
 
and Northern Ireland.
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(3)
This Act comes into force at the end of the Session of Parliament in which
 
 
this Act is passed.
 
 
(4)
Accordingly, any writ of summons issued for the present Parliament in right
 
 
of a hereditary peerage is of no effect after that Session.
 
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Short title
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This Act may be cited as the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2024.
 
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