This bill removes the remaining ~90 hereditary peers from the House of Lords and abolishes the Lords' role in deciding hereditary peerage claims, completing the removal of hereditary peerage membership begun in 1999.
A Bill to remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords; to make provision about resignation from the House of Lords; to abolish the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary peerages; and for connected purposes.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Pat McFadden, Baroness Smith of Basildon
Introduced: 2024-09-05
Royal Assent: 2026-03-18