House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Act of Parliament
Long titleA Bill to Remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords; to abolish the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary peerages; and for connected purposes.
Introduced byNick Thomas-Symonds, Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations (Commons)
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Other legislation
AmendsPeerage Act 1963
House of Lords Act 1999
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010
House of Lords Reform Act 2014
Status: Not passed
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is a Bill of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill, if passed, will entirely remove hereditary peers from voting functions within the House of Lords.

House of Lords reform was included within the Labour Party's manifesto for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, which included an age cap on peers and the removal of hereditary peers entirely.[1]

  1. ^ Mason, Rowena (13 June 2024). "Change and growth: five key takeaways from the Labour manifesto launch". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 September 2024.