This bill removes gender-based restrictions on inheriting hereditary peerages and baronetcies, allowing women to succeed equally. It applies to future successions, peerages currently in abeyance, and those that became extinct since 1952.
A Bill to amend the law regarding succession to peerages and baronetcies; and for connected purposes.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 2nd reading
Sponsored by: Lord Northbrook
Introduced: 2023-11-20