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Elections of the excepted hereditary peers were held in October and November 1999, before the House of Lords Act 1999 excluded most hereditary peers from the membership of the House of Lords allowing Earl Marshal, Lord Great Chamberlain and 90 others to remain in the House. [1] Before the passing of the 1999 Act, the Lords approved a Standing ...
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the House of Lords Act 1999, Section 1. 1 Exclusion of hereditary peers. No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; to make related provision about disqualifications ...
The labour government recognised this needed to be reformed to better balance the scales of decision making and law-making. The decision to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords was rigorously debated and staunchly opposed by the House of Lords. However, the Act was passed by a majority vote of 340 to 132 in 1999.
Overview. Following the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999, the number of hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords was reduced to ninety-two. . The Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain were entitled to sit ex officio; the remaining ninety were elected by all the hereditary peers before the passing of the ref
These were lawyers who are already members of the House under other Acts (including the Life Peerages Act 1958 and the House of Lords Act 1999) who held or had held high judicial office. High judicial officers included judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the Inner House of the Court of Session and the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.
Introduction. 1. These explanatory notes relate to the House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) which received Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. They have been prepared by the Cabinet Office in order to assist the reader in understanding the Act. They do not form part of the Act and have not been endorsed by Parliament. 2.
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