• Hereditary peers are titles and may be elected to serve in the House of Lords under the provisions of the House of Lords Act 1999 and the Standing Orders...
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    of the Peerage List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 List of hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999 "House...
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  • 666 hereditary peers had their entitlement to sit in the House of Lords removed by the House of Lords Act 1999, based on the seniority of titles. The following...
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  • Act 1999 came into force only 92 hereditary peers, elected by and from all hereditary peers, are permitted to do so, unless they are also life peers. Peers...
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  • new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats allocated by seniority. Lords Temporal include life peers, excepted hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords...
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  • as the departed peer. Following the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999, the number of hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords was...
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    passed the House of Lords Act 1999 leaving amongst the majority of appointed Peers a rump of 92 Hereditary Peers until the second phase of reform was...
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    peers to remain until the reforms were complete. Thus, all but 92 hereditary peers were expelled under the House of Lords Act 1999 (see below for its provisions)...
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  • of the excepted hereditary peers were held in October and November 1999, before the House of Lords Act 1999 excluded most hereditary peers from the membership...
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  • Sunak List of members of the House of Lords List of hereditary peers in the House of Lords by virtue of a life peerage List of hereditary peers elected under...
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