Hereditary Peers: By-elections
Commons · Question 2754 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 6 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Government has a planned timetable for the removal of the right for hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and (b) his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (i) endi
Answer
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds, 6 Sep 2024
As a first step in reform of the House of Lords, the Government has introduced the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which will remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. The Government is committed to other reforms ...