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The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill completed its passage through Parliament on Tuesday, marking one of the biggest reforms to Parliament in a generation. The legislation will end the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords.

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill completed its passage through Parliament on Tuesday, marking one of the biggest reforms to Parliament in a generation. The legislation will end the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords.

Since 1999, up to 92 hereditary peers have been able to sit in the upper house and cast their votes, but the bill effectively reduces this quota to zero. Hereditary peers who have not been made life peers will lose their seats when the current parliamentary session ends.

Since 1999, up to 92 hereditary peers have been able to sit in the upper house and cast their votes, but the bill effectively reduces this quota to zero. Hereditary peers who have not been made life peers will lose their seats when the current parliamentary session ends.

A compromise was reached that will see 15 Conservative Party members of the House of Lords, whose positions were passed down by bloodline, continue as life peers. The agreement broke a months-long impasse over the legislation, as peers agreed to let it pass without a vote.

A compromise was reached that will see 15 Conservative Party members of the House of Lords, whose positions were passed down by bloodline, continue as life peers. The agreement broke a months-long impasse over the legislation, as peers agreed to let it pass without a vote.

Lords Leader Baroness Smith stated that the reform was never about individual contributions but about the underlying principle agreed by Parliament over 25 years ago that no one should sit in Parliament by way of an inherited title. The government committed to removing remaining hereditary peerages.

Lords Leader Baroness Smith stated that the reform was never about individual contributions but about the underlying principle agreed by Parliament over 25 years ago that no one should sit in Parliament by way of an inherited title. The government committed to removing remaining hereditary peerages.

Lord True, the Conservative leader in the upper chamber, described the bill as a bitter pill for many colleagues and said it marks the end of well over seven centuries of service by hereditary peers in Parliament. The Conservatives withdrew their opposition after the government offered additional life peerages.

Lord True, the Conservative leader in the upper chamber, described the bill as a bitter pill for many colleagues and said it marks the end of well over seven centuries of service by hereditary peers in Parliament. The Conservatives withdrew their opposition after the government offered additional life peerages.

The Earl of Devon, a departing hereditary peer, said he believes Parliament and the public will miss the hereditary peers, noting his family had been in the Lords for 900 years. The bill will come into effect at the end of this parliamentary session, expected in May.

The Earl of Devon, a departing hereditary peer, said he believes Parliament and the public will miss the hereditary peers, noting his family had been in the Lords for 900 years. The bill will come into effect at the end of this parliamentary session, expected in May.

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