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House Of Lords Reform - What did the 1999 act reforming the lords do, and how was it passed?
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House Of Lords Reform (a) What did the 1999 act reforming the lords do, and how was it passed? The formation act of the lords in 1999 was an act to get rid of hereditary peers from the House of Lords. The hereditary peers were the lords who inherited their place in the House of Commons from their fathers who were lords before them. The 1999 act indeed did get rid of all except for 92 hereditary peers, whom were decided by an election within the House. Immediately, it could be seen that this act would be difficult to pass because it would have had to gone through the House of Lords and thus the Lords would not vote themselves out of their own titles - they would not commit political suicide and thus a "deal" was created with Lord Cramborne and the labour party. This deal done with the conservative behind...
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