This bill freezes the number of hereditary peers in the House of Lords at 90 and ends the by-election system used to fill vacancies when hereditary peers die or retire.
A Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 so as to abolish the system of by-elections for hereditary peers
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 1st reading
Sponsored by: Lord Grocott
Introduced: 2022-07-18