Overview

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer's administration introduces the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill as a first step in broader reforms.
• The House of Lords, currently comprising around 800 members, includes 92 hereditary peers who will lose their seats under the new legislation.
• The reform is part of Labour's manifesto commitments following their landslide election victory.
• Hereditary peers, mostly male, are not subject to the same vetting procedures as life peers.
• A modernisation committee for the House of Commons is also proposed to improve parliamentary standards and procedures.