11 October 2024
Sir Keir Starmer’s government is making good on its manifesto pledge to evict the hereditary peers. In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth of Leicester De Montfort Law School examines the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
A mere five clauses long, it is of high constitutional significance, even if ridding Westminster of ‘the rump’ is unlikely to have an earth-shattering effect on our democracy in practice.
Parpworth writes: ‘It will bring to an end centuries of tradition by breaking the link between the hereditary peerage and the second chamber of the UK’s bicameral legislature.’ He covers limitations and reactions, and uncovers some ironies.
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