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House of Lords Reform (Exclusion of Hereditary Peers) Bill

A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 to remove the section 2 exception under which 90 persons have the right to sit, speak and vote in the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe House of Lords Reform (Exclusion of Hereditary Peers) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 26 April 2016 by Mr David Hanson (Labour). 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 26 Apr 2016
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 13 May 2016.