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Member
Speaking in the House of Commons on 4 September 2025
Debate
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillContribution
not over time, as Lords amendment 1 proposes, which is about half a century if we look at the age of the youngest hereditary peer, but immediately. Lords amendment 1, which the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster supports, is therefore an absolute breach of the Salisbury-Addison convention, under which this measure should be allowed on to the statute book.
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