- The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill has completed its passage through Parliament, receiving final approval on Tuesday.
- This legislation will remove the automatic right for hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords, effectively abolishing the quota of 92 such peers.
- The change is expected to take effect before the next King's Speech, with hereditary peers losing their seats once the current parliamentary session concludes.
- Lords Leader Baroness Smith of Basildon stated the reform addresses the principle that no one should sit in Parliament by inherited title, a change agreed over 25 years ago.
- While Conservative shadow Lords leader Lord True called it a 'bitter pill' for many, the government has agreed to allocate the party a number of life peerages to compensate for the loss of experienced hereditary peers.
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