House of Lords Reform — Exclusion of remaining Hereditary Peers — 8 Jul 2003 at 12:41

The majority Aye voters approved the idea, in principle, of bringing in a Bill to remove the remaining hereditary peers who sit in the House of Lords.^[1]

This Bill would repeal section 2 of the House of Lords Act 1999. Section 2 was a compromise between Tony Blair and Viscount Cranborne, the then Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, to allow 92 hereditary peers to retain their seats in the Lords.

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• [1] David Winnick MP, 8 July 2003, House of Commons

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