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Hereditary peers to be removed from House of Lords - but there might be a way back for them
Credit: Sky News- Published on September 5, 2024
Hereditary peers will not be banned from re-joining the Lords as life peers under government reforms to the upper chamber.
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Published on September 6, 2024 - 01:09
Government to remove ‘outdated’ hereditary peers from Lords
The Government will begin the process of removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords on Thursday, as it introduces legislation to reform the upper chamber. Nick Thomas-Symonds, minister for the constitution, said the legislation was a “landmark reform to our constitution”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Upper house of the UK Parliament