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The Blair government subsequently passed the House of Lords Act 1999. On 7 November 2001 the government undertook a public consultation. This helped to create a public debate on the issue of Lords reform, with 1,101 consultation responses and numerous debates in Parliament and the media.
14 de out. de 2019 · Register of Hereditary Peers who wish to stand for election as members of the House of Lords under Standing Order 9 (Hereditary peers: by-elections). Browse registers by session below. The House of Lords Act 1999 provided that “no-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage”, but excepted from this general ...
Der House of Lords Act 1999 legt fest, dass nur noch 92 Mitglieder aufgrund ihres Adelstitels im House of Lords sitzen dürfen (Hereditary Peers). Z wei davon sind der Earl Marshal und der Lord Great Chamberlain , weil diese erbliche Ämter mit Bezug zum Parlament ausüben ( Great Officers of State ) .
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.
for the House of Lords Act 1999. (See end of Document for details) House of Lords Act 1999 1999 CHAPTER 34 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 elections to, and for membership of, the House of Commons; and for connected purposes.
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.
30 de mai. de 2024 · 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 composition and powers of the Lords.
