The House of Lords approved legislation Tuesday abolishing hereditary peerages, ending the right of up to 92 hereditary peers to sit in parliament, with the government offering life peerages to some affected Conservative and cross-bench members. The bill will take effect after the king's speech expected in May, removing hereditary peers who do not receive life peerages from the upper chamber.
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The House of Lords approved legislation Tuesday abolishing hereditary peerages, ending the right of up to 92 hereditary peers to sit in parliament, with the government offering life peerages to some affected Conservative and cross-bench members. The bill will take effect after the king's speech expected in May, removing hereditary peers who do not receive life peerages from the upper chamber.