House of Lords Commission

Tuesday 14th April 2026 Lords Chamber

Motion to Agree

15:20

Moved by

[The Senior Deputy Speaker]

That the Report from the Select Committee Access rights for departing hereditary peers (5th Report, HL Paper 283) be agreed to.

[The Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble)]

My Lords, following Royal Assent of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, the remaining excepted hereditary Peers will leave the House at the end of the current Session. The report before the House today proposes that these hereditary Peers should be granted the same access rights as Members who retire under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.

Motion agreed.