House of Lords Bill — Third Reading — 16 Mar 1999

The majority Aye voters agreed to give the House of Lords Bill its Third Reading^[1]. This means it now moves to the House of Lords for their consideration.

The main purpose of the Bill is to abolish the hereditary peers who sit in the House of Lords.

Eventually this Bill became law on 11th November 1999. However, a compromise was agreed between Tony Blair and the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, Viscount Cranborne, where 92 hereditary peers could still remain in the Lords.

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• [1] Margaret Beckett MP, 16 March 1999, House of Commons

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