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for connected purposes.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced by</th><td class="infobox-data organiser"><a href="/wiki/Pat_McFadden" title="Pat McFadden">Pat McFadden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="the House of Commons">Commons</span>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroness Smith of Basildon">Baroness Smith of Basildon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal</a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="the House of Lords">Lords</span>)</td></tr><tr><th 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class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3755/stages">History of passage through Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0007/240007.pdf">Text of statute as originally enacted</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Bill_(law)" title="Bill (law)">Bill</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>. The Bill, if passed, will entirely remove <a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">hereditary peers</a> from voting functions within the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>. </p><p>House of Lords reform was included within the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Change_(manifesto)" title="Change (manifesto)">manifesto</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 United Kingdom general election</a>, which included an age cap on peers and the removal of hereditary peers entirely.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_reform_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="History of reform of the House of Lords">History of reform of the House of Lords</a></div> <p>Reform of the House of Lords has been a part of successive government policies since the early 19th century,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however the last major change was made in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Act_1999" title="House of Lords Act 1999">House of Lords Act 1999</a> under the <a href="/wiki/First_Blair_ministry" title="First Blair ministry">first Blair ministry</a>, which provided that:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>House of Lords Act 1999, Section 1, Exclusion of hereditary peers.</cite></div></blockquote> <p>The Act then provided several exceptions, allowing 90 hereditary peers, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Great_Chamberlain" title="Lord Great Chamberlain">Lord Great Chamberlain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Earl_Marshal" title="Earl Marshal">Earl Marshal</a>, to remain in the House of Lords pending further reform. The Act originally eliminated hereditary peers entirely, however the exceptions made (section 2 of the Act) were as part of a compromise reached between the House of Lords and the House of Commons during the passage of the Bill.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provisions">Provisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Provisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bill, if passed, will eliminate all 92 of the hereditary peers from the House of Lords; the Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain will continue their ceremonial functions in the House of Lords, but will cease to be members.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sections of the Bill as introduced are listed below:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Section 1: Exclusion of remaining hereditary peers. This section repeals section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999, removing the exceptions for hereditary peers remaining in the House of Lords.</li> <li>Section 2: Claims to hereditary peerages. This section removes the House of Lords' jurisdiction over claims to hereditary peerages.</li> <li>Section 3: Consequential amendments</li> <li>Section 4: Extent and commencement</li> <li>Section 5: Short title</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bill has been criticised by hereditary peer <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Galbraith,_2nd_Baron_Strathclyde" title="Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde">Lord Strathclyde</a>, who said that to reduce the size of the House of Lords, peers who do not often attend debates should be removed instead of hereditary peers, some of whom were very active.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Constitution_and_European_Union_Relations" title="Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations">Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Thomas-Symonds" title="Nick Thomas-Symonds">Nick Thomas-Symonds</a>, said that "The second chamber plays a vital role in our constitution and people should not be voting on our laws in parliament by an accident of birth". </p><p><a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a>'s constitution unit said that the only other country in the world with a hereditary element in the legislature was the hereditary chiefs in <a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Lesotho" title="Senate of Lesotho">Senate</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though other countries have hereditary elements as well, such as the 18 chiefs in <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Zimbabwe" title="Senate of Zimbabwe">Senate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Tongan_nobles" title="Tongan nobles">9 internally elected nobles</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Tonga" title="Legislative Assembly of Tonga">Legislative Assembly</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>'s requirement to hold <a href="/wiki/Fa%CA%BBamatai#Modern_politics" title="Faʻamatai"><i>matai</i></a> status to stand for election to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Samoa" title="Legislative Assembly of Samoa">Fono</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Others have said that other elements of House of Lords reform should be prioritised, such as the removal of the automatic right of <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">Bishops</a> to sit in the House,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the only other country in the world in which clerics are automatically granted a seat in the legislature is <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stages">Stages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bill was introduced formally by <a href="/wiki/Pat_McFadden" title="Pat McFadden">Pat McFadden</a>, receiving its <a href="/wiki/Reading_(legislature)" title="Reading (legislature)">first reading</a> on Thursday, 5 September 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with its second reading on 15 October 2024. The Bill then proceeded into committee stage, and due to its constitutional significance the Bill is subject to a <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_the_Whole_House_(United_Kingdom)" title="Committee of the Whole House (United Kingdom)">Committee of the Whole House</a>. The Committee of the Whole House, and then the Bill's third reading, took place on 12 November 2024 with the Bill passing into the House of Lords by a vote of 435-73.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Votes on committee amendments in the House of Commons </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Amendment </th> <th>Ayes </th> <th>Nays </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>A25: Would delay commencement until a report by a joint committee of the Commons and the Lords </td> <td>98 </td> <td>376 </td> <td>Not accepted </td></tr> <tr> <td>NC1: Exclusion of bishops </td> <td>41 </td> <td>378 </td> <td>Not accepted </td></tr> <tr> <td>NC7: Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords </td> <td>93 </td> <td>355 </td> <td>Not accepted </td></tr> <tr> <td>NC20: Purpose of the Bill </td> <td>98 </td> <td>375 </td> <td>Not accepted </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Bill was introduced into the House of Lords by <a href="/wiki/Angela_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" title="Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon">Baroness Smith of Basildon</a>, and the Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords on 13 November 2024. The Bill will receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 11 December 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_reform">Future reform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Future reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bill is part of a wider plan by Labour to replace the House of Lords with an “alternative second chamber” in the long term.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of Labour's plans include eventually replacing the House of Lords with an entirely elected Assembly of Nations and Regions,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however it has been stated that this would take more than a single term to accomplish.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lords_(Hereditary_Peers)_Bill&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Bill_2012" title="House of Lords Reform Bill 2012">House 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