House of Lords data dashboard: Current membership of the House
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The Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL] is a private member’s bill introduced by Lord Northbrook (Conservative). The bill was introduced on 20 November 2023 and second reading is scheduled to take place on 9 February 2024.
Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill (293 KB , PDF)
The majority of hereditary titles can only be passed down to a male heir. The Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL] would enable female heirs to a hereditary peerage to succeed to a title that currently can only be succeeded to by a male heir. It would also allow female heirs to succeed to a baronetcy. Under the bill, a daughter and her issue would be treated for the purposes of succession as if that daughter was a male. However, the bill would maintain the principle of male preference concerning the succession, with male siblings and their issue being entitled to succeed before female siblings. The bill would not affect the succession to land or any other property.
This is the most recent of several private members’ bills introduced which have sought to change the law to allow more female heirs to succeed to hereditary titles. During the 2013–14 session, Lord Lucas (Conservative) introduced the Equality (Titles) Bill [HL]. This bill would have enabled the succession of female heirs to hereditary peerages if the incumbent of the peerage wrote to the lord chancellor to ask that this should occur. During the 2015–16 session, Lord Trefgarne (Conservative) introduced the Succession to Peerages Bill [HL]. This bill was similar to the Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL] in that it would have enabled a woman to succeed to a peerage while maintaining male preference primogeniture in succeeding to hereditary peerages. There have also been several private members’ bills tabled in the House of Commons. None of these bills have been passed.
Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill (293 KB , PDF)
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The government’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill would remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords and abolish its jurisdiction in hereditary peerage claims. The bill completed its Commons stages unamended and was introduced in the House of Lords in November 2024. The bill’s second reading in the Lords took place on 11 December 2024. This briefing provides an overview of that debate and lists the areas which future amendments could focus on.
The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) vets nominations to the House and recommends non-party political members. While its advice is usually followed, it is not a statutory body and the prime minister can choose to disregard its advice. This briefing provides an overview of the role and powers of the commission and summarises recent debates concerning its reform.