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6 Interpretation and short title. (1) In this Act “hereditary peerage” includes the principality of Wales and the earldom of Chester. (2) This Act may be cited as the House of Lords Act 1999. An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; to make related provision about disqualifications for voting at ...
27 de mar. de 2014 · Nicola Newson. The House of Lords Act 1999 ended the centuries-old linkage between the hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords. The majority of hereditary Peers left the House of Lords in November 1999, but under a compromise arrangement, 92 of their number, known as ‘excepted’ hereditary Peers still sit in the House today.
26 de oct. de 1999 · Hereditary Peers removed. Debate about the composition of the House of Lords continued until the late 1990s. The Labour Government of 1997 was committed to extensive reform of the Lords and in 1999 introduced the House of Lords Bill, which proposed excluding all hereditary Peers from the House as the "first stage" of plans to alter the ...
Lords Temporal include life peers, excepted hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 and remaining law life peers. Key Indicates peer who returned to the House
This Note examines the role of hereditary Peers in the House of Lords since the 1999 Act. It begins by providing a very brief history of the hereditary principle in the House of Lords. It considers the passage of the 1999 Act through Parliament, and the impact it has had on both the composition and the behaviour of the House of Lords.
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 ...
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.
