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House of Lords Commission

Volume 855: debated on Tuesday 14 April 2026

Motion to Agree

Moved by

That the Report from the Select Committee Access rights for departing hereditary peers (5th Report, HL Paper 283) be agreed to.

My Lords, following Royal Assent of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, the remaining excepted hereditary Peers will leave the House at the end of the current Session. The report before the House today proposes that these hereditary Peers should be granted the same access rights as Members who retire under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.

Motion agreed.