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Succession to Hereditary Peerages and Estates Bill

A Bill to remove male-preference primogeniture in succession to hereditary peerages and estates.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Succession to Hereditary Peerages and Estates Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 25 March 2013 by Mary Macleod (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 25 Mar 2013
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 26 Apr 2013.